Possessions of the devil — Mythoi

Motif

Possessions of the devil.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.25.16

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 3
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 18
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 17

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous devil motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it

Devil's pipe, gun or music. Man is blinded and gets such as gift or exchange from devil

Filed beside it

Wolf is the devil's craftiest enemy Devils fear St. Isaac Devil likes negligence in men more than anything else Devil cooks folk in kettle Devil's chair in hell made from thrown-away nail parings Old woman gives chickens to devils. They do not accept them. She gives them to priests and they eat them Man shoots the devil with a silver gun Devil follows corpse when a lawyer is buried Ship with devil aboard sinks Devil is blamed by monk for taking what does not belong to him. Devil denies accusation Devil takes place of woman who went to spend night with a priest A farmer who trades horses with the devil is cheated Devil buys a woman's hair; the silver coin which he gives in payment is changed to a piece of wood and she dies The food and drink of the devils The devil's animals The devils' dances and feasts

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