49 motifs match “satan”  ·  back to the chapters

• Satan seduces Adam to sin because he is jealous of him. A63.5.1
• Devil in serpent form tempts first woman (Satan and Eve). A63.6
• Satan attempts to create another world. A63.8
• Satan's fall from heaven. A106.2.2
• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Underground monster fettered by trick. Is persuaded to try on fetters. (Sometimes told of fettering Satan, who plays same role.) A1071.1
• God conquers Satan at end of world. A1082.5
• Condemned soul forked from body by Satan. (Cf. E752.2.) E722.2.4
• Demons help Satan. (Cf. G303.10.) G302.9.5
• 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.) G303
• God creates the devil (Satan) from his own shadow. G303.1.1.1
• Satan created out of hell fire. G303.1.3.5
• Devils are created from sparks produced by Satan's striking two stones together. G303.1.4.2
• Satan disguised as beggar. (Cf. K1817.1.) G303.3.1.23
• Satan as very old man. G303.3.1.24
• Satan disguised as king. G303.3.1.25
• Devil (Satan) appears as an angel. G303.3.2.2
• Archangels Michael and Gabriel drive Satan and other devils from heaven to earth. G303.8.1.2
• Satan builds idol. G303.9.1.14
• Satan builds another world. G303.9.1.15
• 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
• Satan stops men from praying. G303.9.4.5.3
• Satan fights Israel. G303.9.6.1.2
• Satan attacks saints. G303.9.6.2
• 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
• Satan entangles ram's horns on the altar. G303.9.9.20
• Satan liberates caught deer. G303.9.9.21
• Angels of Satan. G303.10.18
• Satan's sexual intercourse with Eve. G303.12.7.1
• Ruins of a palace haunted by Satan. G303.15.5
• Satan appears at a feast where the poor are absent. G303.15.6
• Devil (Satan) flees when cock is made to crow. (Cf. G303.17.1.1.) G303.16.19.4
• Satan punished in hell fire. G303.17.3.5
• Satan enters the Golden Calf. G303.18.4
• Satan swallows victim. G303.20.7
• Satan injures man. G303.20.8
• Satan slays the first born of the Egyptians. G303.20.9
• Man addresses colt: "Abide, Satan! I am a righteous man and a psalm singer." J1785.4.1
• Devil is made sick of his bargain. Devil helps shepherd boy become a minister on condition that he mention Satan by name each time he enters pulpit. Boy consents but does so in such a way that devil begs to abolish the agreement. K262.1
• Satan disguised as deer. (Cf. K1811.) K1823.5
• Father hides son from Satan. R153.3.6
• The boy who had never seen a woman: the Satans. When he sees a girl and asks his father what it is, the father tells him it is Satan. Asked what he most likes he says, "The Satans." T371
• Dialogue (debate) between Christ and Satan (at the harrowing of hell). V211.7.2