The relatives of the devil

Motif

The relatives of the devil.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.11

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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Devil. (The Devil, Satan, The Bad Man, Old Nick, etc.) Not clearly differentiated, especially in German tradition, from the stupid ogre. (See also F531 (Giant), G100–199 and G500–699.)

5 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

The origin of the devil and his companions Names applied to the devil Forms in which the devil appears The devil's physical characteristics How the devil is dressed Circumstances of the devil's appearance How the devil travels Devil's expulsion from heaven and his present haunts Deeds of the devil Allies and possessions of the devil Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.)The stupid devil Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc Places haunted by the devil How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided The devil's disappearance from the world

Travels with

Devil visits woman and founds a family. (Cf. G303.11.)

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