Kristen Nerland and the Rakvåg, Otrøy

Møre og Romsdal · Norway · Site of legend

A maid read the devil loose and set him to bail a cove dry with a barrel hoop – and calm weather turned to sea-spray.

Kristen Nerland on Otrøya owned the black book, said to have been bought at auction and translated in Wittenberg. One Sunday, while the people were at church, the maid read the devil free and set him to bail the Rakvåg dry with a barrel hoop. On the way home they got no further than the Røyrset stones for sea-spray, though the weather was calm. Kristen understood the situation, hurried home, and bound the devil.

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Where is Kristen Nerland and the Rakvåg, Otrøy located?

Kristen Nerland and the Rakvåg, Otrøy is in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

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