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Miscellaneous devil motifs.

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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.)

19 finer motifs beneath 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 Possessions of the devil The devils' dances and feasts Devil can touch man's body, not his soul Parliament of devils
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The origin of the devil and his companions Names applied to the devil Forms in which the devil appears The devil's physical characteristics How the devil is dressed Circumstances of the devil's appearance How the devil travels Devil's expulsion from heaven and his present haunts Deeds of the devil Allies and possessions of the devil The relatives of the devil Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.) The stupid devil Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc Places haunted by the devil How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided

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