Devil at gallows repudiates his bargain with robber. Ring turns to rope. The judge cannot find a rope and is about to release the thief because of the miracle. But the ring in the box presented by the devil as a bribe turns out to be a rope. The man is hanged

Motif

Devil at gallows repudiates his bargain with robber. Ring turns to rope. The judge cannot find a rope and is about to release the thief because of the miracle. But the ring in the box presented by the devil as a bribe turns out to be a rope. The man is hanged.

Ordaining the future. · Bargains and promises. · Bargain with devil. · view the constellation · filed as M212.2

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Spanish ExemplaKeller.
general *Krappe Archivum Romanicum VII 470ff.
general *Wesselski Märchen 244 No. 54

Within the index

Filed under Devil agrees to help man with robberies.

Filed beside it

Devil as helper of robber refuses to let women's ornaments be stolen. They are his own weapons

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