Bullfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne by Thomas Bullfinch

Legend of the Rhön Devil's Mill A miller had lost his wife and children in the fire of his mill. He went out into the world and arrived in the Rhön. Exhausted, he settled down by a stone. "Oh, if I had water here, I would build myself a mill again," he said to himself, "and if the devil should help me!"

The devil was quickly on the spot and said to him, "If you promise me the soul of the one who will rest here first on this stone, then your wish shall come true."

The miller quickly agreed, but only on the condition that the devil would also have to bring his wife and children back. In return, however, the devil also demanded the soul of the 2nd person who would settle on the stone. And indeed - the next morning a brook bubbled down the mountain and a mill stood near the water. Wife and children were also back!

Now when the devil entered the mill one day to remind the miller of his promise, the miller laughed at him. "You have deceived yourself, for the stone lies in the middle of the mill pond and not a soul can rest on it!" The mill has long since fallen into ruin, but the water still rushes down the mountain.

Be careful to not doing natural selection at your wedding party :)))

Vincent Van Gogh did it far better

Greedy by nature

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