μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 myth*Cross
  • Finnish-SwedishDanielsson 112.
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.)

19 finer motifs beneath 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 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 oneMiscellaneous ways in which the devil may be escaped or his power destroyedMan is rescued from devil by baptism
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.)The stupid devilDevil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etcPlaces haunted by the devilThe devil's disappearance from the world
Travels with
Simple-minded devil indicates how he can be driven away. (Cf. G303.16.)

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