μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Devil changes shape.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Other ogres. · Other ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G303.3.5

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Forms in which the devil appears.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Devil becomes larger and larger Devil becomes smaller and smaller Devil becomes heavier and heavier. Animal taken into cart becomes so heavy that horses are unable to pull cart. If it is brought home it turns to stone or tree-stump
Filed beside it
Devil in hideous form. (Cf. G303.3.1.4.) The devil in human form The devil in superhuman from The devil in animal form Devil in form of inanimate objects Forms into which the devil cannot change

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