It’s Walpurgisnacht - Walpurgis Night - traditionally a night when witches romp about and it puts me in mind of a horror story I read when really quite young. The tale covered the usual stuff - Harz Mountains, new stepmother arrives, creeps out at night to chew at corpses, etc. Then a few years later I saw a painting of a witches’ sabbath showing people emerging from the smoke of a fire with their heads turning into dogs’ or wolves’ heads. Thought the painting was by Goya but maybe not - can’t find it now else I’d put a copy up with this entry.
Never really liked werewolves since.
