[RITTER, Albrecht]

Blocksberg or Blockula was a (Swedish) legendary island where the devil held his Earthly court during a witches' Sabbath. The island could only be reached by magical flight, wherein witches and the taken children would ride fence-posts, spits, beasts (such as goats) or even the bodies of sleeping men. In Sweden, it is, to this day, an Easter tradition for children to dress as witches