Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless

Motif

Flies on the ark. Noah tries to keep them out. Devil says that either the flies go in or he does. Noah chooses the lesser of two evils. Later the devil slips in nevertheless.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of insects. · Creation of diptera. · view the constellation · filed as A2031.2

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general Dh I 268.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of fly.

Filed beside it

Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)

Carried in tale types

The Devil in Noah's Ark [K485] · ATU 82512 recorded variants

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