#devil folklore

The Devil as an animal

'' Fishermen are exposed to beings who, under the appearance of large fish, are in reality incarnations of the Devil, or the dead.

Before we had exorcised the one whom the people of the bay of Saint-Malo call Nicole, who for them is sometimes the demon himself, sometimes a severe fisheries guard, sometimes a wicked fisherman who obtained from the Devil, his deathbed, the power to transform himself in this way to torment his former companions. It showed itself as well near rocks as on the shoals.''

LE MATAGOT, OU CHAT D'ARGENT : (Folklore de France)

''The silver cat, mandragot or matagot is, in the folklore of Brittany, Gascony, Provence, and Languedoc, a generally black and evil cat obtained by a sorcerer in exchange for his soul. He is supposed to wander through some mysterious places during the night, and return at dawn with a stock of gold louis for his master. If the cat neglects it or does not reward it, the cat becomes offended and can take cruel revenge. Sometimes this cat is said to serve not one, but nine masters, and lead the last one to hell.'' (Source Wikipedia)

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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖔𝖖𝖚𝖊-𝖘𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖉𝖊*

''The devil is dead in many places that are shown to you with fear. But none are as impressive of the chaos of la Roque-Sourde, in the Gorges-du-Tarn. There, chastened by Saint-Hilaire, he rests, crushed under an enormous rock.

Wich suggests that those who have seen him since are outright liars.''

(* The deaf rock)

𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔩, 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖊𝖛𝖎𝖑'𝖘 𝕲𝖔𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖑𝖘,

''A dressmaker meets a gentleman dressed in black in the evening, riding a mare who is also all black, who descends & ask him to hold the bridle of his mount.

As soon he's away, the dressmaker sees tears streaming from the mare's eyes, &, thinking he sees the Devil, he makes the sign of the cross.

But immediately she recovers the ability to speak, & tells him that she's condemned to serve as a mount for the demon, until she has been bloodied.''