μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 49, 67 Nos. 330, 510, Espinosa Jr. Nos. 70–74, 83f.
  • Italian Novella Rotunda
  • Argentina Jijena Sanchez 74
  • general Types 330, 360, 361, 756B, 810, 812, 1170–1199
  • general *BP II 164, 427, 561ff., III 12
  • general *Andrejev FFC LXIX 46, 50, 223, 227 n.
  • general Lidzbarski Am Urds-Brunnen IV 59 n. 1
  • general Scala Celi 9a, 112a, 135b Nos. 58, 625, 749
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 667
  • general *Fb "sjæl" III 215a
  • general Faligan RTP V 1
  • general Alphabet Nos. 50, 467
  • general *Ludorff Anglia VII 60ff.
  • general *Loomis White Magic 112f.
  • general *K. Bittner Die Faustsage im russischen Schrifttum (Reichenberg. i. B. [Prager Deutsche Studien No. 37], 1925)

…and 2 more.

Within the index

Filed under Bargain with devil.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Man unwittingly sells soul to devil. He jestingly offers to sell his soul. Devil in disguise buys 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
Filed beside it
Devil agrees to help man with robberies Devil as substitute for day laborer at mowing. He mows with a magic sickle. The evil overseer tries to keep up with him and dies of overexhaustion Devil to help gambler in exchange for one task yearly With his whole heart: devil carries off judge. The devil refuses to take anything not offered him with the whole heart. He hears the judge (advocate) cursed for fraud with such sincerity that he carries him off Devil bargains to help man become priest. He must not later exorcise him from people Devil bargains to help man win woman Contract with the devil destroyed Other devil contract motifs
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Person sells soul to devil in exchange for witch powers. (Cf. G281, M211, K210ff.) Pact with devil signed in blood. (Theophilus.) (Cf. M211.) Youth sells himself to an ogre in settlement of a gambling debt. (Cf. M211, S215.)
Carried in tale types

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