μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Saint wrests soul from demons. (Cf. V229.5.)

The dead. · The soul. · Perils of the soul. · view the constellation · filed as E756.4

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  • Irish myth *Cross.
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Filed under Contest over souls. (Cf. E754.1.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Soul of gambler won by saint in dice game. Dice miraculously split to make higher score for saint
Filed beside it
Devils and angels contest for man's soul Soul won from devil in card game Raven and dove fight over man's soul Saved soul of woman assists her husband's soul in battle against demons. (Cf. E754.)
Travels with
Saint banishes demons

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