μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Devil invoked: appears unexpectedly.

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

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

5 finer motifs beneath it
Devil called on for help. When the devil appears man excuses himself Oath: "May the devil take me if.". Devil does 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
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Druidism forbidden The Old Man and Death. Weary old man wishes for death. When Death appears at the summons he asks for help with the load 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

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