Difference between revisions of "Christoph Haizmann"

 
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Showing Christoph his true form and swearing to assume the role of his deceased father was enough to finally convince the despondent man to sign a [[diabolical pact]]. Christoph wrote the pact in black ink in his native German language. It was short and simple: “I Christoph Haizmann, am writing to this Gentleman (the Devil) to be his son for the next nine years.”  
Showing Christoph his true form and swearing to assume the role of his deceased father was enough to finally convince the despondent man to sign a [[diabolical pact]]. Christoph wrote the pact in black ink in his native German language. It was short and simple: “I Christoph Haizmann, am writing to this Gentleman (the Devil) to be his son for the next nine years.”  


Christoph was able to resume his work for approximately one year, with the Devil acting as his father, and he as the Devil's son. In 1669, the Devil demanded Christoph sign a second pact, this one written in blood, with more specific details about their arrangement. The pact stated: “Christoph Haizmann. I pledge myself to Satan, to be his bondage son, and in nine years to give him my body and soul.”
Christoph was able to resume his work for approximately one year, with the Devil acting as his father, and he as the Devil's son. In 1669, the Devil demanded Christoph sign a second pact, this one written in blood, with more specific details about their arrangement. The pact stated: “Christoph Haizmann. I pledge myself to [[Satan]], to be his bondage son, and in nine years to give him my body and soul.”


He found work as a painter in the Austrian city of Pottenbrunn and lived there for many years.
He found work as a painter in the Austrian city of Pottenbrunn and lived there for many years.