{"product_id":"walpurgis-night-empyrean","title":"Walpurgis Night - Empyrean","description":"\u003cp\u003eWalpurgis Night is a variegated orange-red-dark brown colourway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContinuing the theme of bonfire festivals, I couldn't leave out Walpurgis Night! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalpurgis Night, an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night, also known as  Walpurgisnacht, is celebrated on the night of 30 April and the day of 1 May. This feast commemorates the canonization of Saint Walpurga. Saint Walpurga was hailed by the Christians of Germany for battling \"pest, rabies, and whooping cough, as well as against witchcraft\". In parts of Europe, people continue to light bonfires on Saint Walpurga's Eve in order to ward off evil spirits and witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedieval and Renaissance tradition held that, during Walpurgis Night, witches celebrated a sabbath and evil powers were at their strongest. In German folklore, Walpurgis Night was believed to be the night of a witches' meeting on the Brocken, the highest peak in the Harz mountains, a range of wooded hills in central Germany. To ward off evil and protect themselves and their livestock, people would traditionally light fires on the hillsides, a tradition that continues in some regions today. The feast day is sometimes called Hexennacht, on which revelers dress as witches and demons, set off fireworks, dance and play loud music, which is said to drive the witches and winter spirits away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWalpurgis Night is often linked with older May Day festivals in northern Europe, which also involved lighting bonfires at night, for example the Gaelic festival Beltane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e✨\u003c\/span\u003e Walpurgis Night e is a one-of-a-kind colourway \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e✨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nocturne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62943221940573,"sku":"NOC1073","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/5096\/1707\/files\/IMG-1610.jpg?v=1766266074","url":"https:\/\/thenocturnestudio.com\/products\/walpurgis-night-empyrean","provider":"Nocturne ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}