The Doomed Dance of Närpes

Österbotten · Finland · Site of legend

A young woman only wanted to learn to dance - but the partner who appeared left her out of her mind.

In Närpes, Ostrobothnia, they tell of a girl obsessed with learning to dance, who practised alone every evening. One night a stranger stepped forward and asked her to dance. She agreed, but after that single dance she is said to have lost her wits forever.