μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Devil marries girl.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.12.5

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Filed under Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.)

7 finer motifs beneath it
Girl married to a devil. Despairing of ever finding herself a husband, the old maid exclaims: "I would marry even the devil, were he to marry me." The devil takes her at her word Devil marries disdainful girl; she escapes Devil marries girl whose rich mother refuses to let her marry common young men of community Devil wooes woman; she discovers identity in time to escape with aid of minister who swallows candle after getting devil to promise she could live as long as the candle lasted. (Cf. K551.9.) Girl married to devil escapes with answers to his riddles Girl wooed by devil is saved by magic herb she wears. (Cf. D1386.2.) Devil takes form of girl's lover and takes advantage of her. She meets lover on way home, learns what has happened, dies
Filed beside it
Devil wooes an innkeeper's daughter Devil marries a widow who maltreats him Devil marries old maid who proves to be a termagant and a miser Devil visits woman and founds a family. (Cf. G303.11.) Devil in guise of woman woos man Devil's sexual relations with mortals
Carried in tale types

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