The witches' sabbath on Lysa Hora is held on Kupala Night (Midsummer Eve), when supernatural activity peaks and dark forces converge on the barren summit for their greatest annual gathering.
Treeless hilltops called Lysa Hora across the Slavic lands are sacred to Perun, places where his lightning strikes most fiercely, scattering the dark spirits that gather on the bare summits.
Striga and vedmas gather on Lysa Hora for their sabbaths, flying to the barren peak on broomsticks or in the form of birds to dance, feast, and work dark magic until dispersed by dawn.
Upyr and other unclean dead rise from their graves on dark nights to join the witches' sabbath on Lysa Hora, the barren peak where vampires, demons, and sorcerers feast and revel until the cock crows at dawn.
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