The Old Man and Death. Weary old man wishes for death. When Death appears at the summons he asks for help with the load

Motif

The Old Man and Death. Weary old man wishes for death. When Death appears at the summons he asks for help with the load.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: profanely calling up spirit (devil, etc.). · view the constellation · filed as C11

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Italian NovellaRotunda
U.S.Baughman
India*Thompson-Balys.
general Halm Aesop No. 90
general Wienert FFC LVI 81 (ET 468, 469), 109 (ST 212, cf. ST 109, 115, 141, 342)
general *Jacobs Aesop 216 No. 69
general *BP III 294

Within the index

Filed under Tabu: profanely calling up spirit (devil, etc.).

Filed beside it

Druidism forbidden Devil invoked: appears unexpectedly The offended skull (statue) (Festin de Pierre). A skull (statue) is invited to dinner. Attends the dinner and takes his host off to the other world "Adversity" summoned: king says he has heard people speak of adversity but has never seen it; genius of adversity appears Wish for supernatural husband (wife) realized. (Cf. C26.)Tabu: offending spirits of the dead

Carried in tale types

The Old Man and Death · ATU 8451 recorded variant

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