The Priest Svartengren and the Cloven Hoof at Viggen
Värmland · Sweden · Church
At communion the devil stood behind a witch-woman — but the priest Svartengren cast them both out, and the fiend went whistling through the window.
At Södra Finnskoga it is told of the devil, who had a cloven hoof and gladly came where people played cards and drank. Once he played the fiddle at Viggen in black clothes, but was betrayed by his hoof. The priest Svartengren had power over him: when a witch-woman stood at the communion table with the devil behind her, the priest cast them both out, and the fiend was heard to whistle as he sped through a crack in the window.
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The Priest Svartengren and the Cloven Hoof at Viggen is in Värmland, Sweden.
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