In Goethe's Faust, Mephistopheles leads Faust to the Brocken on Walpurgisnacht to witness the witches' sabbath. The mountain scene fuses the Faust legend with Germany's oldest folk traditions about the Brocken as a gathering place of supernatural forces.
The Brocken is the legendary site where the Devil presides over the witches' sabbath on Walpurgisnacht. Goethe's Faust immortalized the Brocken as the Devil's gathering place, and Germanic folk tradition fills the mountain with diabolical associations.
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