μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 9references

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*Cross, Beal XXI 315
  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 14 No. 132, 15 Nos. 133, 134
  • LithuanianBalys Index No. *1169
  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 328 No. 28
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
  • general Alphabet No. 595
  • general Wünsche Teufel 104f., 106f.
  • general Fb I 267a
Within the index

Filed under How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Priest chases devil awayDevil chased by the fumes of burning arsenicDevil overpowered or chased with a stick of rowan-treeThe devil is exorcised with bell, book, and candleDevil avoids cockscomb flowers
Filed beside it
By the help of the Virgin Mary the devil may be escapedDevil's power over one avoided by prayerDevil's power avoided by the crossWords of religious comfort cause devil and his crew to vanishAdministering sacrament destroys devil's powerDevil is chased by holy waterDevil leaves at mention of God's nameDevil is made impotent by confessionAngels save person from the devilVarious holy persons save one from devilRinging of churchbell causes devil to lose his powerDevil may be escaped by going to church every dayDevils leave hermit who turns other cheek when struckDevil is cheated of his reward when priest dismisses mass earlyDevil cannot enter a house with horseshoe over doorOne must not whistle after sunset, else the devil will go along with one

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