ATU 815 The Devil who Skins a Corpse (previously The Deceased Rich Man and the Devils in the Church)

ATU 815

The Devil who Skins a Corpse (previously The Deceased Rich Man and the Devils in the Church)

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

Magic circle protects from devil. (Cf. D1272.) 1 variant
Devil cheated by having priest draw a sacred circle about the intended victim. 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.