The devil as a black man — Mythoi

Motif

The devil as a black man.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.3.1.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary Crystallization The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise , Hell 21
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 189 189.— THE PEASANT AND THE DEVIL.
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 80 LXXX. THE ENCHANTED HORSE ?*
Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LVII LVII. Public Scapegoats

Filed across the traditions

Irish *Cross, O'Suilleabhain 35f., Beal XXI 313.
general Wünsche Teufel 30f., 106f., Fb I 266b

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 well-dressed gentleman 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 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

Carried in tale types

The First Bundle · ATU 1192 1 recorded variant

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