The constellation
G303 Devil. (The Devil, Satan, The Bad Man, Old Nick, etc.) Not clearly differentiated, especially in German tradition, from the stupid ogre. (See also F531 (Giant), G100–199 and G500–699.)
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Other ogres · G300 entry
beneath it
- The origin of the devil and his companions · G303.1 entry
- Names applied to the devil · G303.2 entry
- Forms in which the devil appears · G303.3 entry
- The devil's physical characteristics · G303.4 entry
- How the devil is dressed · G303.5 entry
- Circumstances of the devil's appearance · G303.6 entry
- How the devil travels · G303.7 entry
- Devil's expulsion from heaven and his present haunts · G303.8 entry
- Deeds of the devil · G303.9 entry
- Allies and possessions of the devil · G303.10 entry
- The relatives of the devil · G303.11 entry
- Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.) · G303.12 entry
- The stupid devil · G303.13 entry
- Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc · G303.14 entry
- Places haunted by the devil · G303.15 entry
- How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided · G303.16 entry
- The devil's disappearance from the world · G303.17 entry
- Devil enters body of another · G303.18 entry
- The devil takes the hindmost. (Cf. F1038.2.) · G303.19 entry
- Ways in which the devil kills people · G303.20 entry
- The devil's money · G303.21 entry
- The devil helps people · G303.22 entry
- The devil and the ark · G303.23 entry
- The devil in church · G303.24 entry
cross-ref
- Kingdom of demons. (Cf. G303.) · G302.2.1 entry
- Devil flays impious person. (Cf. G303, Q220.) · Q457.2 entry