μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 42 No. 51**
  • LithuanianBalys Legends Nos. 594ff., 796.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous devil motifs.

1 finer motif beneath it
Devil shot with silver bullet. (Cf. D1385.4.)
Filed beside it
Wolf is the devil's craftiest enemyDevils fear St. IsaacDevil likes negligence in men more than anything elseDevil cooks folk in kettleDevil's chair in hell made from thrown-away nail paringsOld woman gives chickens to devils. They do not accept them. She gives them to priests and they eat themDevil follows corpse when a lawyer is buriedShip with devil aboard sinksDevil is blamed by monk for taking what does not belong to him. Devil denies accusationDevil takes place of woman who went to spend night with a priestA farmer who trades horses with the devil is cheatedDevil buys a woman's hair; the silver coin which he gives in payment is changed to a piece of wood and she diesThe food and drink of the devilsThe devil's animalsPossessions of the devilThe devils' dances and feasts

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