The Brothers at Rokkås and Røss-Ola, Vefsn

Nordland · Norway · Site of legend

Two gambling brothers met a stranger who won everything – and a man who conjured him down into a chalk circle.

At Rokkås in Vefsn lived two brothers who drank and played cards to win people's money. Once a stranger joined them and won every game until a quarrel threatened to break out. When someone dropped a card, claws were seen on the stranger's feet, and they understood whom they had been playing with. They fetched Røss-Ola, who drew a ring on the floor with chalk and conjured the old one down through it, however he pleaded.

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Where is The Brothers at Rokkås and Røss-Ola, Vefsn located?

The Brothers at Rokkås and Røss-Ola, Vefsn is in Nordland, Norway.

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