Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night is the night connecting the 30th of April to the 1st of May. This traditional feast mingles Saint Walpurgis with the arrival of Spring and what was supposed the most important witches...
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Claude Gillot, artist between satyr and sabbath
Claude Gillot (April 27, 1673 – May 4, 1722) was a French painter, print-maker and illustrator, engraver, book illustrator, metal worker, and designer for the theater. Gillot was born in Langres. He had Watteau...
Why did Witches Want to Ride their Broomsticks?
Broomsticks and witches are inseparably linked since the thirteenth century AD. The general image of witch is that of a woman with a pointed hat flying through the air on a magic broomstick. As...
