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Motif

Devil accuses congregation of sins.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.24.1

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Filed under The devil in church.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Devil shows priest long parchment roll of sins of congregation Devil writes faults of man on goat skin Devil writes down names of men on a hide in church. Woman laughs when she sees him Devil stands in church door and writes down names of his own people on a sheepskin Devil in church fills his sack with dissolute songs Devil writes down all idle words spoken in church. His parchment is not long enough and he has to stretch it Devil writes names of those who sleep in church Devil writes down names of those who whisper in church The devil has two books – one book small for sins of clerics, erased by confession; the other large for unconfessed sins of lay folks
Filed beside it
Devils worship host. (Cf. G303.16.5.) Devil vexing friars caused to repent by singing "Te sanctum dominum" Devil destroys church steeple Devil as dog chews up Bibles, hymnbooks, church accounts in church

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