μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Gaelic titles given to the devil: the worthless one; the one whom I will not mention; yon one; the one big one; the one from the abyss; the mean mischievous one; the big sorrow; the son of cursing; the big grizzled one; the bad one; the bad spirit; Black Donald.

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general J. G. Campbell Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Glasgow, 1900) 291.
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Filed under Names applied to the devil.

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Devil calls himself "Puss"Devil is called "the black one"Devil says his name is "Millearces" (thousand ways to lead men to sin)

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