State archaeological heritage (State Inspection for Heritage Protection, No 2484). A footprint stone associated with tales about the Devil that was held for the homestead’s master by the proprietors of the nearby Dreimaņi homestead. It is quite small, the dimensions of the surface: length of 1.3 m and 1.2 m. Nearby are other quite large stones, from which this one differs with seven enlarged sheep footprint reproductions. All footprints are placed in a 1 m long row. Some are deeper, others are shallower (length of 8–10 cm, width of 4.5–6 cm, depth of 1–3.5 cm). The stone used to be detonated. It is possible that footprint formations are of natural origin, but people levelled them out later on. The Aņģīši Devil’s Stone is a typical example of a Latvian footprint stone — not too large, footprint carvings are schematic, it is located in a remote place — in the woods or swamp. (J. Urtāns. Footprint Stones, Boundary Stones, Trough Stones (Pēdakmeņi, robežakmeņi, muldakmeņi). 1990.) Other nearby objects: Dreimaņi Devil’s Oak.
Narrative
A tale from P. Šmits’ collection of fairy tales and fables. “The owner of the nearby Dreimani house considered the Devil to be the god of the house or the “master of the house”, who helped the owner to save and guard money. For this, the landlord fed the Devil. At first, the Devil lived in an oak tree near the house, later he moved to the rioja and finally to the house itself. The Devil used to frighten the late passers-by, and they would bring him offerings and food, not to be repaid. But one night a fire broke out, the Devil got scared and staggered away across the field towards Lake Angus, threw himself into the lake and disappeared. He left his footprints in the stone of the lakeside, just by running.” The story of the footprints makes us look at this as a footstone. (Emma Weber, Sēļu par.; comp. I. Ruberte. Tales of Valmiera region.1999; J. Urtāns. Footstones, boundary stones, mudstones. 1990)
