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Tonight, April 30th is Walpurgisnacht (Witches’ Night), also known as the ‘other Halloween’ — a night that belongs to WITCHES.

#FolkloreThursday

April 30th is Walpurgisnacht, which means we’re halfway to Halloween. On these two nights the veil between the living and the dead thins and the night belongs to WITCHES.

Read more about Walpurgisnacht here ⤵️
https://t.co/RE55O9ZDNF

3. What would our world look like if we created space for grieving? If we accompanied each other with compassion and understanding through the pain? If we honored our relationship to our dead?

Look at this BEAUTIFUL piece by artist Lauren Mugford, illustrating a story I wrote/performed on @DeathAfternoon about the Paris Morgue!

🎧Listen to the episode here: https://t.co/Hj7dsJYOMd
🎨 Find Lauren’s work here: https://t.co/vtIMPSdEWq

In 1969, as the world waited anxiously for Apollo 11 to land safely on the surface of the Moon, speechwriter William Safire imagined the worst case scenario as he wrote a speech for Nixon ‘In the Event of Moon Disaster’
https://t.co/9jiPGiI2Vb

In one Mexica origin story for the drink, pulque, the great god, Quetzalcoatl fell in love with the goddess Mayahuel. Her family disapproved and in their pursuit of the couple, Mayahuel was killed

One of the most popular food items left out for witches was goose fat from the traditional Christmas Goose.

It was believed that witches rubbed their bodies with goose fat (mixed with other ingredients), which enabled them to fly during the 12 nights

📷by William Mortenson

Fat or grease from the Christmas Goose, the centerpiece of many a holiday feast, was left outside as an offering to witches.

It was believed that witches rubbed their bodies with goose fat, mixed with other ingredients, which enabled them to fly.

(Photo by William Mortenson)

Christmas Under Glass, Edward Gorey 🎄