A Danish knight found himself with his companions on a hill. Below in the valley they saw a lion] that had killed an elk and in the company of other animals was eating it. Usually the lion’s habit is not to share a meal; it kills a partner as soon as it thinks it won’t have enough.
After a while, another animal appeared in the valley that resembled in many ways a cat, but was considerably larger and bore huge bristles on its snout. Immediately the lion left his eating, as did all the other animals, which showed great fear.
From the knight’s entourage one man said, “I must find out what kind of animal that is!” In full armor, he rode down and with both hands struck the animal on the back with his sword. The animal appeared not to notice the blow, and neither hair nor hide was injured by it. The squire struck a second blow to the neck; with this, the animal looked at him.
The third blow fell between the eyes; with that, the animal turned quickly and appeared angry. It also appeared as though it spit at the squire, who was immediately changed, in all his armor, into dust and ashes. This animal was Bemoth, and represented the unclean spirit in the Holy Scriptures. The knight returned home to Denmark, where he told this miraculous story.