μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 10references

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
  • EnglandBaughman, Hunt Popular Romances 224
  • Finnish-SwedishWessman 14 No. 126
  • FrenchSébillot France IV 126
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Jewish*Neuman.
  • general Fb I 267a
  • general Scala Celi 132b, 137a, 149b Nos. 729, 764, 765, 823
  • general Alphabet No. 591
  • general Wünsche Teufel 44, 102
Within the index

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

5 finer motifs beneath it
Devil cannot take one who has read the Pater NosterPerson saved from devil by prayer to VirginDevil's power avoided by blessingDevils driven away by hymn (psalm)Demon cannot hurt holy man or woman
Filed beside it
By the help of the Virgin Mary the devil may be escapedDevil'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 dayThe devil exorcisedDevils 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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