Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux) — Mythoi

Motif

Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux).

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Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg
French Sébillot France IV 126.
general Wünsche Teufel 49f.

Within the index

Filed under The devil as a builder.

Filed beside it

Devil as builder of bridges Devil as builder of dams Devil as builder of mill Devil as builder of walls Devil as builder of churches Devil builds a road Devil builds a ditch Devil builds two islands in a lake Devil builds an inn for a man in competition with a church being built Devil builds Mont Saint Michel Devil helps build Halberstadt Cathedral thinking a tavern is being built Devil builds a building Satan builds idol Satan builds another world

Carried in tale types

The Priest and the Devil · ATU 810A* 4 recorded variants

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