The End Of The Wizard

In Mauren lived a lumberjack who on a daily basis covered the long journey to the Maurer Berg to perform his hard work there

He entered into an allegiance with the devil who gave him a hazel twig

With this magic stick he could without any effort slide the heaviest timber down into the valley

One day the lumberjack was together with boys and girls preparing some corn

There was a knock at the window

One boy went outside and in front of the house stood a stranger who asked to speak with the woodcutter

He became very agitated and was afraid to leave the room

It knocked a second and third time and then he was gone

Inside one heard only a frightful scream

Nobody has since seen the ill-fated

A boot and a clump of hair was all that was found of him