Ogres

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• Devil lives in a church. G303.8.4
• Devil bound with huge chain near northern side of Tamdrup church. G303.8.4.1
• Devil in each stone of church built with ill-gotten wealth. G303.8.4.2
• Devil in interior of earth. Banished there by God as punishment for trying to usurp God's rule of the world. G303.8.5
• Devil and his servants live where perjurers dwell. G303.8.6
• Devil's abode is between hoofs of swine. G303.8.7
• Devil lives in the water. G303.8.8
• Devils in woman's train. G303.8.9
• Devil in fold of knight's cloak. (Cf. G303.6.2.12.) Knight permits him to lodge there and accompany him to a tournament on condition that he leave him without harm upon request. G303.8.9.1
• Devil in dragon's head on a shield. Is expelled by a knight (Percival). G303.8.10
• Devil in a stone. G303.8.11
• Devil in the stable wrapped in horse-hide. Devil chases youth as he hides himself. G303.8.12
• Devil in the woods. G303.8.13
• Youth meets devil in woods. G303.8.13.1
• Forest devil the one which fell in the forest when driven from heaven. G303.8.13.2
• Devil in woods to gather nuts on Christmas Eve. G303.8.13.3
• Devils dwell in heathen idols, as well as portraits and images. G303.8.14
• Devil hidden in a corpse. G303.8.15
• Deeds of the devil. G303.9
• The devil as a builder. G303.9.1
• Devil as builder of bridges. G303.9.1.1
• Devil as builder of dams. G303.9.1.2
• Devil as builder of mill. G303.9.1.3
• Devil as builder of walls. G303.9.1.4
• Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux). G303.9.1.5
• Devil as builder of churches. G303.9.1.6
• Devil builds a road. G303.9.1.7
• Devil builds a ditch. G303.9.1.8
• Devil builds two islands in a lake. G303.9.1.9
• Devil builds an inn for a man in competition with a church being built. G303.9.1.10
• Devil builds Mont Saint Michel. G303.9.1.11
• Devil helps build Halberstadt Cathedral thinking a tavern is being built. G303.9.1.12
• Devil builds a building. G303.9.1.13
• Satan builds idol. G303.9.1.14
• Satan builds another world. G303.9.1.15
• The devil performs deeds of unusual strength. G303.9.2
• Devil pulls up tree to goad his oxen. G303.9.2.1
• Devil builds road for farmer in one day. G303.9.2.2
• Devil plows and plants grain for farmer in one day. G303.9.2.3
• Devil and Drake carry waters of English Channel from Dartmoor to Plymouth. G303.9.2.4
• Devil and Michael Scott carry tide an additional five miles up River Wansbeck. G303.9.2.5
• The devil hires out. G303.9.3
• Devil hires out to a farmer. G303.9.3.1
• The devil takes service with a farmer in return for the bread he stole. Punishes the evil landowner and makes his master prosperous. G303.9.3.1.1
• Devil is employed as a midwife. G303.9.3.2
• Devils help people at work, but are feared nevertheless. G303.9.3.3
• The devil is always to blame. Even when he tries to be helpful to man. G303.9.3.4
• The devil as a tempter. G303.9.4
• Satan causes storm to destroy property of man he tempts. G303.9.4.0.1
• Satan smites man he tempts with leprosy. G303.9.4.0.2
• Devil gives Eve two grains of corn. One is for her and one for Adam. G303.9.4.1
• Devil persuades man to commit suicide. G303.9.4.2
• The devil teaches man how to hang himself. G303.9.4.2.1
• Devil tries to get man to kill his bride (wife). G303.9.4.3
• Devil tempts cleric (hermit). G303.9.4.4
• Devils appear to knight to try to call him from doing penance. G303.9.4.5
• Devil by trick conjures vision to make idolators of believers. G303.9.4.5.1
• Disguised devil as messenger to adulterous people. G303.9.4.5.2
• Satan stops men from praying. G303.9.4.5.3
• Devil tempts saints. G303.9.4.6
• Devil instructs saint on virtues by which to attain Heaven. G303.9.4.6.1
• Devil tempts girl. G303.9.4.7
• Devil and girl. "Are you lonely?" Girl: "No, devil, with God and angels." G303.9.4.7.1
• Devil tempts youth to deny Virgin. Promises youth riches. G303.9.4.8
• Devil tries to move repentant sinner to despair. G303.9.4.9
• Woman worships the devil. G303.9.4.10
• The devil as an abductor. G303.9.5
• Devil abducts girl: has her hang about his neck and he flees to hell. G303.9.5.1
• Devil carries away a lord on his back. G303.9.5.2
• Devil compels two miners to follow him. G303.9.5.3
• Devil carries man through air as swift as wind (thought). G303.9.5.4
• Devil combs Mme. Anna's hair while he takes her away. G303.9.5.5
• Man temporarily abducted by devil. G303.9.5.6
• Devil carries a Jew to hell. G303.9.5.7
• Devil takes violinist when he needs a good fiddler in hell. G303.9.5.8
• The devil fights. G303.9.6
• The devil is armed. G303.9.6.0.1
• Devil fights with man. G303.9.6.1
• Devil is overcome by man in fight. Man pulls out one of his horns and beats him with it. G303.9.6.1.1
• Satan fights Israel. G303.9.6.1.2
• Satan attacks saints. G303.9.6.2
• Devil inflames saint's injured eye. G303.9.6.2.1
• The devil advises human beings. G303.9.7
• Devil advises young girl not to go to a castle. Later, when she returns pregnant she says that the devil advised her to serve at the castle. He slaps her and tells her she is lying. G303.9.7.1
• Devil exhorts youth to enjoy himself and not to think of God. When the youth has grown old the devil says, "It is now too late to think of God." G303.9.7.2
• The devil advises a suspicious husband. The Ring of Hans Garvel. Appears in a dream and hands the husband a ring. "When you wear this ring you will be sure of your wife." He awakens to understand the obscene implication. G303.9.7.3
• Devil disguised as man tells of trip to heaven and hell. Heaven is full of wretches who weep, fast, and pray. Hell is full of wealth, power, and good living. G303.9.7.4
• Miscellaneous actions of the devil. G303.9.8
• Devil spins and knits. G303.9.8.1
• Devil plays fiddle at wedding. Causes bad luck (kills bridegroom). G303.9.8.2
• Devil sings (dances) on grave. G303.9.8.3
• Devil causes salamander to appear in glass of rum, drinks it. G303.9.8.4
• Devil engages in drinking contest with man for purse of gold. Gold causes man to become miser. G303.9.8.5
• Satan asks God to put man into his power (Job). G303.9.8.6
• Satan makes wager with God about mortal's piety. G303.9.8.7
• Satan prays to God. G303.9.8.8
• Satan chants songs of praise to God. G303.9.8.9
• Satan weeps. G303.9.8.10
• Satan as blasphemer. G303.9.8.11
• Pranks played by the devil. G303.9.9
• Devil prevents moving of little stone by sitting on it. G303.9.9.1
• Devil interrupts mass by pretended battle. G303.9.9.2
• Devil steals knight's cloak. G303.9.9.3
• Devil takes an unbaptized child out of the cradle and lays a wooden log in its place. G303.9.9.4
• Devil piles sand in ocean so that vessels may run aground. G303.9.9.5
• Devil leads and misguides people. G303.9.9.6
• Trying all night to catch an animal (really devil). G303.9.9.7
• Taking snuff with the devil. G303.9.9.8
• Devil challenges boys to play a disc-game. Can be defeated only with rowan-sticks. (Cf. D950.9.) G303.9.9.9
• Exchanging things with the devil. The cheat appears later. G303.9.9.10
• The devil as tailor to a dandy. The dandy demands clothes sewed without thread. The devil disguised as a tailor makes them. In church the dandy's clothes fall to pieces, leaving him naked. G303.9.9.11
• Devil engages in horse race with man. G303.9.9.12
• Devil flies away with sentry box. G303.9.9.13
• Devil drinks church well dry at one draught. G303.9.9.14
• Devil stampedes horses of general. G303.9.9.15
• Devil takes place of girl man is embracing in private place. The man goes mad. G303.9.9.16
• Devil as crow misleads travelers, puts out their lights. G303.9.9.17
• Devil moves seats in church. G303.9.9.18
• Devil plays marbles in church. G303.9.9.19
• Satan entangles ram's horns on the altar. G303.9.9.20
• Satan liberates caught deer. G303.9.9.21
• Allies and possessions of the devil. G303.10
• Cat as follower of the devil. G303.10.1
• Toad as follower of the devil. G303.10.2
• Snake as follower of the devil. G303.10.3
• Dancers as followers of the devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.1.) G303.10.4
• Devil haunts dance halls. G303.10.4.0.1
• Devil dances with a maid until she dies. G303.10.4.1
• Two devils come to a dance-loving maid and play when she bathes. G303.10.4.2
• Devil teaches a dance-loving maid to dance. G303.10.4.3
• Devil appears to girl who wants an escort for a dance. G303.10.4.4
• Devil dances with maid and puts his claws through her hands. G303.10.4.5
• Where the devil can't reach, he sends an old woman. (Cf. K1085.) G303.10.5
• Devil in league with a freemason. G303.10.6
• Devil gives luck with fishing and hunting. G303.10.7
• Horses are offspring of the devil. One cannot trust them. G303.10.8
• An all-red, all-black, or all-white calf the property of the devil. G303.10.9
• Lizards are offspring of the devil. G303.10.10
• The spurge-laurel is the devil's bush. G303.10.11
• The devil owns the reeds. G303.10.12
• Thistles and nettles are the devil's vegetables. G303.10.13
• The bagpipe is the devil's bellows. G303.10.14
• Devil has a hound. G303.10.15
• Devil has a servant. G303.10.16
• Bird as messenger of devil. G303.10.17
• Angels of Satan. G303.10.18
• Devil's well. G303.10.19
• The relatives of the devil. G303.11
• The devil's wife. G303.11.1
• The devil's son is with his mother at night in his father's place. G303.11.1.1
• The devil's son. G303.11.2
• The devil and his son fight over division of the earth. G303.11.2.1
• The devil's children and grandchildren do his work for him. G303.11.2.2
• The devil's mother. G303.11.3
• Devil's mother rides a goat. G303.11.3.1
• The devil's grandmother. G303.11.4
• Devil's grandmother keeps house for devil. Is an old wrinkled woman with red eyes who locks up hell. G303.11.4.1
• Devil's grandmother is bleaching when it snows. G303.11.4.2
• The devil's daughter. G303.11.5
• The devil and his nine daughters. G303.11.5.1
• Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.) G303.12
• Devil wooes an innkeeper's daughter. G303.12.1
• Devil marries a widow who maltreats him. G303.12.2
• Devil marries old maid who proves to be a termagant and a miser. G303.12.3
• Devil visits woman and founds a family. (Cf. G303.11.) G303.12.4
• Devil marries girl. G303.12.5
• Girl married to a devil. Despairing of ever finding herself a husband, the old maid exclaims: "I would marry even the devil, were he to marry me." The devil takes her at her word. G303.12.5.1
• Devil marries disdainful girl; she escapes. G303.12.5.2
• Devil marries girl whose rich mother refuses to let her marry common young men of community. G303.12.5.3
• Devil wooes woman; she discovers identity in time to escape with aid of minister who swallows candle after getting devil to promise she could live as long as the candle lasted. (Cf. K551.9.) G303.12.5.4
• Girl married to devil escapes with answers to his riddles. G303.12.5.5
• Girl wooed by devil is saved by magic herb she wears. (Cf. D1386.2.) G303.12.5.6
• Devil takes form of girl's lover and takes advantage of her. She meets lover on way home, learns what has happened, dies. G303.12.5.7
• Devil in guise of woman woos man. G303.12.6
• Man marries a she-devil He catches her as succubus and marries. Some years later his wife's brothers invite them to a feast (wedding) and he gets gifts or wife's dowry. G303.12.6.1
• Devil's sexual relations with mortals. G303.12.7
• Satan's sexual intercourse with Eve. G303.12.7.1
• The stupid devil. G303.13
• Devils do not know or understand thoughts of men. G303.13.1
• Devil works backward. Begins building at top of house. G303.13.2
• Devil tries to wall in too large a piece of ground in a night and fails. G303.13.3
• The devil tries to learn a trade; he fails miserably at all but versemaking. He now loiters in alehouses, sings songs. G303.13.4
• Simple-minded devil indicates how he can be driven away. (Cf. G303.16.) G303.13.5
• Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc. G303.14
• The devil destroys by night what is built by day. G303.14.1
• Devil destroys Adam's work by night. G303.14.1.1
• Devil builds bridge except for one stone. No one dares to add the final stone. G303.14.2
• Places haunted by the devil. G303.15
• Devil haunts premises about to be visited by calamity. G303.15.1
• Granary now haunted because of devil's defeat. G303.15.2
• Devil haunts a house. Finally is exorcised. G303.15.3
• Devils haunt tree. (Cf. G312.3.) G303.15.4
• Particular species of tree abode of devils. G303.15.4.1
• Ruins of a palace haunted by Satan. G303.15.5
• Satan appears at a feast where the poor are absent. G303.15.6
• How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided. G303.16
• By the help of the Virgin Mary the devil may be escaped. G303.16.1
• Devil's power over one avoided by prayer. G303.16.2
• Devil cannot take one who has read the Pater Noster. G303.16.2.1
• Devil cannot enter person who is thinking of God. G303.16.2.1.1