"We three" – "For gold" – "That is right" devil's bargain. Three brothers have agreed to say only these things. They incriminate themselves

Motif

"We three" – "For gold" – "That is right" devil's bargain. Three brothers have agreed to say only these things. They incriminate themselves.

Tabu. · Speaking tabu. · Other speaking tabus. · view the constellation · filed as C495.2.1

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Type 360
general BP II 561

Within the index

Filed under "We three" – "For gold" – "That is right". These expressions are the sole conversation of three men.

Filed beside it

"We three" – "For gold" – "That is right": phrases of foreign language. Three travelers know each one phrase of a foreign language. They incriminate themselves

Carried in tale types

Bargain of the Three Brothers with the Devil · ATU 3601 recorded variant

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