Faust: Walpurgis Night

Summary

Faust and Mephisto are traveling in the Harz mountains near Schierke and Elend. Mephisto beggs a will-o-the-wisp to help them by lighting the path they are climbing. As they continue traveling they come across Mammon's mountain where the here the chorus of witiches & warlocks singing. Faust and Mephisto leave the Mammon's mountain to go up the Brocken to hide. When they got to the revel the witches were having a party. Faust and ephisto dances with the witches.

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Walpurgis Night

Walpurgis Night is on the eve of May Day and is observed as a kind of Halloween, filled with devil worship.

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