Then the Devil came to him and said, “What seekest thou? If thou wilt take me as a godfather for thy child, I will give him gold in plenty and all the joys of the world as well.”

The man asked, “Who art thou?”

“I am the Devil.”

“Then I do not desire to have thee for godfather,” said the man; “thou deceivest men and leadest them astray.”

He went onwards, and then came Death striding up to him with withered legs, and said, “Take me as godfather.”

The man asked, “Who art thou?”

“I am Death, and I make all equal.”

Then said the man, “Thou art the right one, thou takest the rich as well as the poor, without distinction; thou shalt be godfather.”