Devils do not know or understand thoughts of men — Mythoi

Motif

Devils do not know or understand thoughts of men.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.13.1

Filed across the traditions

Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 329 No. 50.

Within the index

Filed under The stupid devil.

Filed beside it

Devil works backward. Begins building at top of house Devil tries to wall in too large a piece of ground in a night and fails The devil tries to learn a trade; he fails miserably at all but versemaking. He now loiters in alehouses, sings songs Simple-minded devil indicates how he can be driven away. (Cf. G303.16.)

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