ATU 810A* The Priest and the Devil

ATU 810A*

The Priest and the Devil

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

Devil as builder of bridges. 4 variants
Devil as builder of dams. 4 variants
Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux). 4 variants
Devil as builder of churches. 4 variants
Devil builds a road. 4 variants
Devil builds a building. 4 variants
Child sold (promised) to devil (ogre). See also references to S220–S259, practically all of which apply here. 4 variants
Ghost laid at cockcrow (dawn). 2 variants
Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc. 2 variants
Devil (Satan) flees when cock is made to crow. (Cf. G303.17.1.1.) 2 variants
Devil disappears when cock crows. (Cf. G303.16.19.4.) 2 variants

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.