PART B

It should take less than an hour to read all the stories. Pick a favorite to read out loud!

The Lord's Animals and the Devil's. In this story from the Brothers Grimm, you will learn about the special association between the Devil and the goat.

The Creation of the Fiddle. In this eerie story from Romania, you will read about the Devil's part in a love story gone wrong. Very wrong.

The Devil and his Grandmother. This is another story from the Brothers Grimm in which the Devil is a shape-shifter, and, yes, you will meet the Devil's grandmother too.

The Hasty Word. In this Russian story, you will see what happens when you "speak of the Devil" ... and he appears.

The Devil and the Red Cap. The Devil in this story from Hungary generously loans a magical cap to a long-suffering soldier.

Billy Duffy and the Devil. This Welsh story tells how Billy Duffy outwitted the Devil again and again, and it is also a story of the origin of the jack-o'-lantern.

Twardowski, The Polish Faust. This is the epic story of the Polish magician Pan Twardowski who, like the German Faust, made a fatal bargain with the Devil in exchange for wisdom and happiness.

Image credit. Painting by Ilya Repin. Wikimedia.