From this they guessed that the evil spirit which lived there must have killed Glam, but had received so much hurt that it had died, for nothing was ever seen of it after.
"The second day of Christmas they tried again to bring Glam to the church.

They yoked horses to him, but after they had come down the slope and reached level ground they could drag him no further, and he had to be left there.
"On the third day a priest went with them, but Glam was not be found, although they searched for him all day.

The priest refused to go a second time, and the shepherd was found at once when the priest was not present.

So they gave over their attempts to take him to the church, and buried him on the spot.
"Soon after this they became aware that Glam was not lying quiet, and great damage was done by him, for many that saw him fell into a swoon, or lost their reason.

Immediately after Yule men believed that they saw him about the farm itself, and grew terribly frightened, so that many of them ran away.