Devil flays impious person. (Cf. G303, Q220.) — Mythoi

Motif

Devil flays impious person. (Cf. G303, Q220.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Cruel punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q457.2

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 42 No. 50**
Finnish-Swedish Wessman 12 No. 108.

Within the index

Filed under Flaying alive as punishment.

Filed beside it

Flaying alive as punishment for contesting with a god Flaying alive as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Flaying alive as punishment for opposition to holy person. (Cf. Q227.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Devil. (The Devil, Satan, The Bad Man, Old Nick, etc.) Not clearly differentiated, especially in German tradition, from the stupid ogre. (See also F531 (Giant), G100–199 and G500–699.) Devil flays corpse of person contracted to him. (Cf. Q457.2.) Impiety punished. (Cf. Q457.2, Q458.0.5, Q467.2, Q552.2.3.1.2, Q552.2.3.2.2, Q558.11, Q558.12, Q558.17, Q559.4, Q559.5.)

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