Oath: "May the devil whet my scythe." Devil leaves only the handle.
Tabu. · Tabu connected with supernatural beings. · Tabu: profanely calling up spirit (devil, etc.). · view the constellation · filed as C12.3
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference
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.
- FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 41 No. 45**.