ATU 1164 The Devil and the Evil Woman (previously The Evil Woman Thrown into the Pit)

ATU 1164

The Devil and the Evil Woman (previously The Evil Woman Thrown into the Pit)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

The sham physician and the devil in partnership. The devil is to enter the girl and the physician will collect reward for driving the devil out. 1 variant
Devil frightened by threatening to bring mother-in-law. 1 variant
Husband chooses to go to hell rather than join shrewish wife in heaven. 1 variant
Man in hell declares that life there is much better than on earth with his wife. Bargain with the devil: should the latter not be able to endure life with his wife for three years, the man would be released from hell. The devil is the loser. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.