The constellation
K218 Devil cheated by religious or magic means. Missouri French: Carrière
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- Devil cheated by having priest draw a sacred circle about the intended victim · K218.1 entry
- Devil cheated of his victim by boy having a bible under his arm · K218.2 entry
- Devil cheated when his victim becomes a priest · K218.3 entry
- Devil cheated of promised soul by intervention of Virgin Mary · K218.4 entry
- The picture of the Virgin Mary saves the priest · K218.5 entry
- Penance of priest saves him from devil. The priest, who sold his soul to the devil, orders his servant to cut him (alive) up into pieces, to crucify him on a tree (and the like), thus saves his soul from the devils · K218.6 entry
- Devil is unable to take man contracted to him when friends pray over the corpse · K218.7 entry