Oath: "May the devil take me if.". Devil does

Motif

Oath: "May the devil take me if.". Devil does.

Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: profanely calling up spirit (devil, etc.). · view the constellation · filed as C12.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

IrishBeal XXI 316
North CarolinaBrown Collection I 641.
general Type 821A
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 807. – Norwegian: Christiansen Norske Eventyr 105

Within the index

Filed under Devil invoked: appears unexpectedly.

Filed beside it

Devil called on for help. When the devil appears man excuses himself Oath: "May the devil whet my scythe." Devil leaves only the handle Man commends wife to devil. Devil takes the charge seriously and guards woman's chastity during husband's absence Devil's name used in curse. Appears

Carried in tale types

Thief Rescued by the Devil · ATU 821A1 recorded variant

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