[First Edition (Additions and Corrections): K216.3. Devil's riddles answered: man is freed.] — Mythoi

Motif

[First Edition (Additions and Corrections): K216.3. Devil's riddles answered: man is freed.]

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Devil cheated of his promised soul. · view the constellation · filed as K216.3[1st ed.]

Cited in the index

general Type 812
general BP III 12ff.

Within the index

Filed under Devil to release man for performing seemingly impossible task. The task is performed by trickery.

Filed beside it

The evil woman in the glass case as the last commodity. The man is to belong to the devil as soon as he has sold his goods. If he has any goods that no one will buy, he is to be free. The man puts an evil old woman in a glass case. When the devil sees her, he recognizes her. "Whoever knows her will refuse to buy her." The man goes free Bringing the devil an unknown animal. The man sends his naked wife on all fours in tar and feathers. The devil has never seen such an animal Not to sleep for three successive nights. The sleepy man: "I am just thinking, that on earth there are more crooked trees than straight ones ... more hills than plains ... more water than land ..." The devil goes to ascertain these things, meanwhile the man sleeps. Unsuccessful imitation by another man

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