Man unwittingly sells soul to devil. He jestingly offers to sell his soul. Devil in disguise buys it

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Man unwittingly sells soul to devil. He jestingly offers to sell his soul. Devil in disguise buys it.

Ordaining the future. · Bargains and promises. · Bargain with devil. · view the constellation · filed as M211.1

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 280
general *Wesselski Märchen 245 No. 55.

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Filed under Man sells soul to devil. (Faust, Theophilus.)

1 finer motif beneath it

Man goes to well at midnight on Old Christmas to see water turned into wine. Just as it turns into wine the devil takes him, or injures him

Filed beside it

Man sells soul to devil in return for devil's building house (barn, etc.)Man bequeaths soul to devil Jews must repay devil's help by giving tribute of persons each year Formulas for selling one's soul to devil Man sells soul to devil for visit home in boat that sails through sky Man sells soul to devil for magic power to escape capture Man sells soul to devil for devil's doing one specific job Person sells soul to devil in return for the granting of wishes

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