μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
  • West IndiesFlowers 451
  • JewishNeuman.
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.)

14 finer motifs beneath it
Devil repays a kindness: returns coat lent him and brings the one who had shown him kindness back home when imprisonedMagician recovers lost object with devil's helpStudent is helped by devil when he can answer three questions in rhyme. (Cf. H543.)Devil helps man place cart wheel when it becomes unfastenedDevil exhibits benevolence to impious people (to people who make an alliance with him: gives them riches, helps them in need). (Cf. M212.)Devil helps person to steal. When thief blesses himself he is forsaken by the devil. (Cf. K365.)Devil helps ugly man win wifeDevil helps journeyman win wager with masterDevil comes and works with man who continues to work after nightDevil serves knight faithfully. Devil saves his life and that of his wifeDevil as advocate of falsely condemned men. Carries off the judgeDevil promises help to mistreated apprentice if youth will meet him by night in lonely spotDevil saves heretic from fire, until priest brings hostDevil as helper in battle
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 devilHow the devil's power may be escaped or avoided

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