The Dancing Girl and the Fiend, Kåfjord

Finnmark · Norway · Site of legend

The fiend's grip loosened only because the girl knew her prayers by heart.

In Kåfjord, in the days of the works, a dance-loving girl is said to have been seized by the Evil One himself on her way home. He carried her toward a cliff, but she recited the Lord's Prayer forwards and backwards until he had to let go before the edge. She never danced again after that night.

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Where is The Dancing Girl and the Fiend, Kåfjord located?

The Dancing Girl and the Fiend, Kåfjord is in Finnmark, Norway.

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