μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

  • EnglandBaughman
  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 3330, Legends Nos. 419–422, 424.
  • general Scala Celi 45a, 45b Nos. 254, 257
  • general Crane Vitry 246 No. 263
  • general *Loomis White Magic 74
Within the index

Filed under The devil in human form.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Devil as a hermitDevil as ascetic
Filed beside it
Devils in guise of human beings require remarkable quantity of foodThe devil as a large, strong manThe devil as a well-dressed gentlemanThe devil as a distinguished-looking knightDevil appears in the form of a man who is repugnantly ugly. (Cf. G303.3.0.1.)The devil as a little, gray old manThe devil as a black manDevil as a huntsmanDevil in form of pilgrimDevil as a peasantDevil as three gentlemen. They come for a dying manDevil in form of woman. Lures manDevil as cookDevil as studentDevil appears as a JewDevil appears as a child

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