The constellation
M214 Devil to help gambler in exchange for one task yearly
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- Bargain with devil · M210 entry
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- Man sells soul to devil. (Faust, Theophilus.) · M211 entry
- Devil agrees to help man with robberies · M212 entry
- Devil as substitute for day laborer at mowing. He mows with a magic sickle. The evil overseer tries to keep up with him and dies of overexhaustion · M213 entry
- With his whole heart: devil carries off judge. The devil refuses to take anything not offered him with the whole heart. He hears the judge (advocate) cursed for fraud with such sincerity that he carries him off · M215 entry
- Devil bargains to help man become priest. He must not later exorcise him from people · M216 entry
- Devil bargains to help man win woman · M217 entry
- Contract with the devil destroyed · M218 entry
- Other devil contract motifs · M219 entry