The devils' dances and feasts — Mythoi

Motif

The devils' dances and feasts.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.25.17

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Filed under Miscellaneous devil motifs.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Devil as gentleman invites a traveler to the feast (wedding). (Cf. G303.7.1.2.2.) A musician engaged to play for the night-spirits (devils) dances Devils arrange a wedding feast for a woman who hanged herself

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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 Possessions of the devil

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