Devil cheated when his victim becomes a priest

Motif

Devil cheated when his victim becomes a priest.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Devil cheated of his promised soul. · view the constellation · filed as K218.3

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

LithuanianBalys Legends No. 423
RussianAndrejev No. 811.
general *Type 811*

Within the index

Filed under Devil cheated by religious or magic means. Missouri French: Carrière.

Filed beside it

Devil cheated by having priest draw a sacred circle about the intended victim Devil cheated of his victim by boy having a bible under his arm Devil cheated of promised soul by intervention of Virgin Mary The picture of the Virgin Mary saves the priest Penance of priest saves him from devil. The priest, who sold his soul to the devil, orders his servant to cut him (alive) up into pieces, to crucify him on a tree (and the like), thus saves his soul from the devils Devil is unable to take man contracted to him when friends pray over the corpse

Carried in tale types

The Man Promised to the Devil Becomes a Clergyman [S211] · ATU 8111 recorded variant

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