The Devil's Shape

Finland · Site of legend

Lean and ape-like, with short horns, glittering eyes, claws and goat's feet, so the devil was imagined.

In folk belief the devil was pictured as a lean, ape-like figure with a frightful appearance. Two short horns rose from his head, his eyes glittered and his hands ended in long claws. With a fire-fork in hand, feet like a goat or horse, a long tail and a shaggy body, he seemed pure terror.

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