...It has been the setting for many folk tales since ancient times, and is known for the Brocken ghost (the phenomenon in which the shadow of a person or object standing on the peak with the sun at its back is reflected on the wall of fog in front of it as the figure of a giant woman or ghost). It is also said that on Walpurgis Night (the night before May Day, i.e. April 30th), ghosts and witches gather to celebrate the devil's festival, which is described in Goethe's Faust. [Mutsumi Takeda]... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Walpurgis" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…古来多くの民話の舞台となっており,ブロッケンの妖怪(頂上で太陽を背に立つ人や物の影が前方の霧の壁に巨大な女や妖怪の姿のように映って見える現象)で知られる。また,ワルプルギスWalpurgisの夜(五月祭の前夜,すなわち4月30日の夜),妖怪や魔女たちが集まって,悪魔のお祭りを祝うと伝えられており,これはゲーテの《ファウスト》に記されている。【武田 むつみ】。… ※「Walpurgis」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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