Once, a cobbler tricked the devil into racing against a hare.

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

Once, a cobbler tricked the devil into racing against a hare.

#MythologyMonday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/How_The_Cobbler_Escaped_Destitution

[tim_eagon@dice.camp]

@juergen_hubert Is the devil possessing Jan Kräuger? And why does he sometimes get called Herr Haunerfaut?

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

@Tim_Eagon

I suspect both of these are just regional nicknames for the Devil.

[tim_eagon@dice.camp]

@juergen_hubert I suspected that and tried to see if Haunerfaut translated to anything specific in English.

[juergen_hubert@mementomori.social]

@Tim_Eagon

I just did a search in Grimm's Dictionary, and apparently "Hauner" means "giant", and "Faut" is an old spelling of "Vogt".

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