The devil's grandmother

Motif

The devil's grandmother.

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Attested across traditions

GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 125 receipt
“a very aged woman was sitting, who was the Devil's grandmother, and asked the soldier where he came from” uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 125125.— THE DEVIL AND HIS GRANDMOTHER.
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 2929.— THE DEYIL WITH THE THREE GOLDEN

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.

general **Lehmann Dania VIII 179ff.

Within the index

Filed under The relatives of the devil.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Devil's grandmother keeps house for devil. Is an old wrinkled woman with red eyes who locks up hell Devil's grandmother is bleaching when it snows

Filed beside it

The devil's wife The devil's son The devil's mother The devil's daughter

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Devil in form of dragon Magic ship furnishes treasure. (Cf. D1123.)Tasks performed with help of old woman Quest to devil for answer to riddle questions. (Cf. H1282, H1283, H1284, H1292.)

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