μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 50 No. 332.
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Filed under Bargain with devil.

2 finer motifs beneath it
The devil helps man study for priesthood. For this, he must promise the devil his soul. Having become a great priest, the man finds means to save himselfThe devil makes the herdsman's son a priest in return for a whistle. After quarreling with the devil, who asked to repair the whistle during Mass, the priest forgets all he learned and does not know how to hold Mass. Is beaten
Filed beside it
Man sells soul to devil. (Faust, Theophilus.)Devil agrees to help man with robberiesDevil 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 overexhaustionDevil to help gambler in exchange for one task yearlyWith 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 offDevil bargains to help man win womanContract with the devil destroyedOther devil contract motifs

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