μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Bargain with devil.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Bargain with the devil for an heirDevil fetches man contracted to himFamiliars guard and protect those who have pact with the devilFamiliar devours whoever does not keep pact with devil
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 become priest. He must not later exorcise him from peopleDevil bargains to help man win womanContract with the devil destroyed

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