ATU 330 The Smith and the Devil (previously The Smith Outwits the Devil)

ATU 330

The Smith and the Devil (previously The Smith Outwits the Devil)

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

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Devil pounded in knapsack until he releases man. 4 variants
Gods (saints) in disguise visit mortals. 4 variants
Heaven entered by trick: "wishing sack" thrown in. Trickster wishes himself in the sack. 4 variants
Man sells soul to devil. (Faust, Theophilus.) 4 variants
Man granted power of winning at cards. 4 variants
Reward: any boon that may be asked. 4 variants
Man admitted to neither heaven nor hell. He has tricked the devil. 4 variants
Death magically bound to tree. While he is bound no one can die. 4 variants
Magic bag draws person into it. (Cf. D1193.) 1 variant
Tree from which one cannot descend. (Cf. D950.) 1 variant
Bench to which person sticks. (Cf. D1151.1.) 1 variant
Three foolish wishes. Three wishes will be granted: used up foolishly. 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.