niuniente:niuniente:In Finnish folklore, Devil (Piru) isn’t just an evil hunter of souls tem
niuniente:niuniente: In Finnish folklore, Devil (Piru) isn’t just an evil hunter of souls tempting people into sinful things like gambling and drinking. He’s aware that no matter what bad happens, humans will blame him (and his demons) for it, even when he has done nothing. Because of this, Devil sometimes helps those in trouble out from sheer “I’m so not up for getting blamed for this shit I have not done!”-attitude. #I’ve also heard an old finnish story about a woman and a cart. #She was traveling somewhere and the cart slipped of the road to a ditch #The woman cursed yelled damn you devil look what you did #And suddenly her cart is back on the road and she hears a voice #It says I didn’t make your cart go off the road but I helped you because you blamed me #Or something like that #I can’t remember the words exactlyEXACTLY! Finnish folklore Devil is exactly like this. Also humorous and witty and chatty. Can talk with people just to kill time if he wishes.There’s a story where a man talked with the Devil in his home. They were having just a casual every day chat, when the man asked: “Why don’t you show yourself? I can hear you but I can’t see you.”The Devil was quiet for a while. Then it answered, with a slightly sad tone: “I don’t dare to do that. I look so hideous you would only get scared and I don’t want that…” He also really likes dancing a lot. There are countless of stories of The Devil appearing to dance with humans, often in a disguise and someone (or the whole group) later sees through his disguise. -- source link