μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The devil in human form.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.3.1

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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish *Cross
  • Spanish Espinosa Jr. Nos 70, 83, 91–93, 155, 200, 218
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 617.
  • general *Loomis White Magic 74
  • general Danielsson Vol. II
  • general Scala Celi 42b, 45a Nos. 243, 255
  • general Beal XXI 307, 313, 315, 330
Within the index

Filed under Forms in which the devil appears.

26 finer motifs beneath 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 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 Devils appear as ladies and gentlemen Devil as shoemaker Devil as merchant Devil appears in shape of a dead man while hidden in his corpse or skin The devil as a great hairy man Devil as astrologer Satan disguised as beggar. (Cf. K1817.1.) +2 more
Filed beside it
Devil in hideous form. (Cf. G303.3.1.4.) The devil in superhuman from The devil in animal form Devil in form of inanimate objects Devil changes shape Forms into which the devil cannot change
Carried in tale types

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