μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. Nos. 82–84, 201
  • JewishNeuman.
  • general **Wünsche Teufel
  • general Danielsson Djävulgestalten i Finlands svenska Folktro (Helsingfors, 1930) 35
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
Devils do not know or understand thoughts of menDevil works backward. Begins building at top of houseDevil tries to wall in too large a piece of ground in a night and failsThe devil tries to learn a trade; he fails miserably at all but versemaking. He now loiters in alehouses, sings songsSimple-minded devil indicates how he can be driven away. (Cf. G303.16.)
Filed beside it
The origin of the devil and his companionsNames applied to the devilForms in which the devil appearsThe devil's physical characteristicsHow the devil is dressedCircumstances of the devil's appearanceHow the devil travelsDevil's expulsion from heaven and his present hauntsDeeds of the devilAllies and possessions of the devilThe relatives of the devilMarital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.)Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etcPlaces haunted by the devilHow the devil's power may be escaped or avoidedThe devil's disappearance from the world

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