The Fiddler Who Was the Devil, Strand in Värmskog

Värmland · Sweden · Site of legend

When the fiddler got drunk, a stranger took the fiddle — and a girl saw horns at his knees and a cloven hoof beneath the table.

At a dance in the farmhands' cottage at Strand in Värmskog, the regular fiddler is said to have grown drunk, whereupon another man took the fiddle and played all the wilder. One of the girls noticed that he had something like horns at his knees and a cloven hoof among his feet. When she pointed, the man turned into a black dog that several others saw. After that evening, many in the district gave up dancing.

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Where is The Fiddler Who Was the Devil, Strand in Värmskog located?

The Fiddler Who Was the Devil, Strand in Värmskog is in Värmland, Sweden.

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