Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania by Gábor Klaniczay & Éva Pócs

Author:Gábor Klaniczay & Éva Pócs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

The treasure-guarding devil (because this could be a possible interpretation of the word ‘guardian’) and the motif of giving him a coin appears in two other narratives. When Mrs. Csóti’s clients were reluctant to pay an advance she tried to convince them that they were actually paying the devil, and that the ‘wage’ was an essential pre-condition of success: “Mrs. Csóti said: ‘You have to give it to the devil, because it is them get the money!’” 157 Moreover, in Hagymáslápos they knew that Mrs. Csóti also deployed devils in cases where someone had forgotten about settling the fee for the service:Priest János, when he couldn’t find the money of the preacher from Miszt, promised the two and a half Forints if she gave directions to it. She told him where to look for it, and he found it. When he didn’t give her the two and a half Forints, she threatened him, saying he’d be torn to pieces by the devils . When he gave her the money, she said: “See, father János, if you hadn’t brought me the money today the devils would have torn you apart!” 158

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