The devil as a well-dressed gentleman — Mythoi

Motif

The devil as a well-dressed gentleman.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.3.1.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Scotch Campbell Superstitions 293
U.S. Baughman
Finnish-Swedish Wessman 8 No. 66
Lithuanian Balys Legends Nos. 347ff., 353, 357, 361, 363f., 367ff., 402, 413, 415, 425ff., 430f., 433ff., 437ff., 441–47, 449ff., 454, 456ff., 461, 464, 466, 655ff., 684f., 737, 764, 766, 772, 776, 786f., 803, 805, 808, 844
Spanish Exempla Keller.
general Wünsche Teufel 37f., 54, 59f.
general Georgia Negro: Harris Remus 32

Within the index

Filed under The devil in human form.

Filed beside it

Devils in guise of human beings require remarkable quantity of food The devil as a large, strong man The devil as a distinguished-looking knight Devil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.) The devil as a little, gray old man The devil as a black man Devil as a huntsman Devil in form of priest Devil in form of pilgrim Devil as a peasant Devil as three gentlemen. They come for a dying man Devil in form of woman. Lures man Devil as cook Devil as student Devil appears as a Jew Devil appears as a child

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