The constellation
H1272 Quest for devils in hell; hero brings them back with him
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Quest to lower world · H1270 entry
carried in tale type
- Strong John · ATU 650A
filed beside
- Quest for Cerberus in hell: to be brought to earth · H1271 entry
- Quest to devil for objects · H1273 entry
- Quest in hell for three dragon feathers. (Cf. B11.) · H1274 entry
- Quest for money (treasure) in hell · H1275 entry
- Quest to lower world for lost words · H1276 entry
- Quest to confines of hell for blood of sorceress · H1277 entry
- Quest to devil for answer to riddle questions. (Cf. H1282, H1283, H1284, H1292.) · H1278 entry