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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
P
Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| G303.8.6 | Devil and his servants live where perjurers dwell. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 12. No. 107. |
| G303.8.7 | Devil's abode is between hoofs of swine. Fb I 189a. |
| G303.8.8 | Devil lives in the water. Dh I 56, 67. |
| G303.8.9 | Devils in woman's train. Scala Celi 141a No. 787; *Loomis White Magic 76. |
| G303.8.9.1 | Devil in fold of knight's cloak. (Cf. G303.6.2.12.) Knight permits him to lodge there and accompany him to a tournament on condition that he leave him without harm upon request. Pauli (ed. Bolte) 93. |
| G303.8.10 | Devil in dragon's head on a shield. Is expelled by a knight (Percival). Dickson 197 No. 84. |
| G303.8.11 | Devil in a stone. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 9 No. 70. |
| G303.8.12 | Devil in the stable wrapped in horse-hide. Devil chases youth as he hides himself. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 122 No. 43. |
| G303.8.13 | Devil in the woods. |
| G303.8.13.1 | Youth meets devil in woods. Scala Celi 120a No. 658. |
| G303.8.13.2 | Forest devil the one which fell in the forest when driven from heaven. Dh I 67. |
| G303.8.13.3 | Devil in woods to gather nuts on Christmas Eve. Fb I 266a. |
| G303.8.14 | Devils dwell in heathen idols, as well as portraits and images. *Loomis White Magic 75. |
| G303.8.15 | Devil hidden in a corpse. *Loomis White Magic 74. |
| G303.9 | Deeds of the devil. |
| G303.9.1 | The devil as a builder. *Broderius 27, 58; Boberg FFC CLI. |
| G303.9.1.1 | Devil as builder of bridges. Wünsche Teufel 30—37; England, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3285, Legends Nos. 489f.; Japanese, Korean: Ikeda. |
| G303.9.1.2 | Devil as builder of dams. Finnish-Swedish: man 17 No. 155; Wünsche Teufel 29f. |
| G303.9.1.3 | Devil as builder of mill. Wünsche Teufel 38ff. |
| G303.9.1.4 | Devil as builder of walls. Wünsche Teufel 27f., 69; England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.1.5 | Devil as builder of palaces (châteaux). Wünsche Teufel 49f.; Icelandic: Boberg; French: Sébillot France IV 126. |
| G303.9.1.6 | Devil as builder of churches. Wünsche Teufel 42; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn III (1931) 26ff.; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 491; French: Sébillot France IV 126. |
| G303.9.1.7 | Devil builds a road. Wünsche Teufel 37; England, Scotland: Baughman. |
| G303.9.1.8 | Devil builds a ditch. Wünsche Teufel 37f.; England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.1.9 | Devil builds two islands in a lake. Wünsche Teufel 30. |
| G303.9.1.10 | Devil builds an inn for a man in competition with a church being built. Wünsche Teufel 44. |
| G303.9.1.11 | Devil builds Mont Saint Michel. French: Sébillot France IV 11. |
| G303.9.1.12 | Devil helps build Halberstadt Cathedral thinking a tavern is being built. Wünsche Teufel 44. |
| G303.9.1.13 | Devil builds a building. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.1.14 | Satan builds idol. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.1.15 | Satan builds another world. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.2 | The devil performs deeds of unusual strength. |
| G303.9.2.1 | Devil pulls up tree to goad his oxen. English: Hunt Popular Romances 230, Baughman. |
| G303.9.2.2 | Devil builds road for farmer in one day. Wünsche Teufel 50f. |
| G303.9.2.3 | Devil plows and plants grain for farmer in one day. Wünsche Teufel 50f. |
| G303.9.2.4 | Devil and Drake carry waters of English Channel from Dartmoor to Plymouth. English: Hunt Popular Romances 231, Baughman. |
| G303.9.2.5 | Devil and Michael Scott carry tide an additional five miles up River Wansbeck. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.3 | The devil hires out. |
| G303.9.3.1 | Devil hires out to a farmer. Wünsche Teufel 71f.; Irish: Beal XXI 314, O'Suilleabhain 38; Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 329ff., Legends Nos. 505—524. |
| G303.9.3.1.1 | The devil takes service with a farmer in return for the bread he stole. Punishes the evil landowner and makes his master prosperous. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3290, Legends Nos. 505—511. |
| G303.9.3.2 | Devil is employed as a midwife. Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 43 No. 30. |
| G303.9.3.3 | Devils help people at work, but are feared nevertheless. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 790—794. |
| G303.9.3.4 | The devil is always to blame. Even when he tries to be helpful to man. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3340, Legends Nos. 659—663; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 41 No. 49. |
| G303.9.4 | The devil as a tempter. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.9.4.0.1 | Satan causes storm to destroy property of man he tempts. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.4.0.2 | Satan smites man he tempts with leprosy. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.4.1 | Devil gives Eve two grains of corn. One is for her and one for Adam. Dh I 212. |
| G303.9.4.2 | Devil persuades man to commit suicide. Scala Celi 153a No. 843; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 758; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.9.4.2.1 | The devil teaches man how to hang himself. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 610—614. |
| G303.9.4.3 | Devil tries to get man to kill his bride (wife). Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 12 No. 104. |
| G303.9.4.4 | Devil tempts cleric (hermit). Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 670; Scala Celi 5b, 165a, 166a Nos. 29, 930, 938; Alphabet Nos. 28, 128, 129; Irish myth: *Cross; English: Hunt Popular Romances 232; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 388, II 1059. |
| G303.9.4.5 | Devils appear to knight to try to call him from doing penance. Scala Celi 162a No. 919. |
| G303.9.4.5.1 | Devil by trick conjures vision to make idolators of believers. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.4.5.2 | Disguised devil as messenger to adulterous people. Irish Myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.4.5.3 | Satan stops men from praying. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.4.6 | Devil tempts saints. Scala Celi 112a, 154b Nos. 623, 855; Dh I 174.—Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.4.6.1 | Devil instructs saint on virtues by which to attain Heaven. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.4.7 | Devil tempts girl. Scala Celi 47b No. 267; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 395f., 399; West Indies: Flowers 447f. |
| G303.9.4.7.1 | Devil and girl. "Are you lonely?" Girl: "No, devil, with God and angels." Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 365. |
| G303.9.4.8 | Devil tempts youth to deny Virgin. Promises youth riches. Scala Celi No. 658. |
| G303.9.4.9 | Devil tries to move repentant sinner to despair. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.4.10 | Woman worships the devil. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.5 | The devil as an abductor. Fb I 266a, 267a; Dh I 176; French: Sébillot France II 38, IV 341; Jewish: *Neuman; West Indies: Flowers 448f. |
| G303.9.5.1 | Devil abducts girl: has her hang about his neck and he flees to hell. Wünsche Teufel 65f. |
| G303.9.5.2 | Devil carries away a lord on his back. French: Sébillot France IV 341; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.9.5.3 | Devil compels two miners to follow him. English: Hunt Popular Romances 218. |
| G303.9.5.4 | Devil carries man through air as swift as wind (thought). Finnish: FFC XXXIII 41 No. 37; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 121 No. |
| G303.9.5.5 | Devil combs Mme. Anna's hair while he takes her away. Fb I 266b. |
| G303.9.5.6 | Man temporarily abducted by devil. Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 710; Estonian and Latvian: Tautosakos Darbai VI 19—23. |
| G303.9.5.7 | Devil carries a Jew to hell. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3335, Legends No. 650ff. |
| G303.9.5.8 | Devil takes violinist when he needs a good fiddler in hell. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.6 | The devil fights. |
| G303.9.6.0.1 | The devil is armed. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.6.1 | Devil fights with man. Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 121 No. 35. |
| G303.9.6.1.1 | Devil is overcome by man in fight. Man pulls out one of his horns and beats him with it. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles No. 70; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| G303.9.6.1.2 | Satan fights Israel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.6.2 | Satan attacks saints. Kittredge Witchcraft 218, 525 nn. 49, 50; Dh I 138; Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman; French: Sébillot France II 128, III 530. |
| G303.9.6.2.1 | Devil inflames saint's injured eye. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.9.7 | The devil advises human beings. |
| G303.9.7.1 | Devil advises young girl not to go to a castle. Later, when she returns pregnant she says that the devil advised her to serve at the castle. He slaps her and tells her she is lying. Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 84; Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 664. |
| G303.9.7.2 | Devil exhorts youth to enjoy himself and not to think of God. When the youth has grown old the devil says, "It is now too late to think of God." Type 823*. |
| G303.9.7.3 | The devil advises a suspicious husband. The Ring of Hans Garvel. Appears in a dream and hands the husband a ring. "When you wear this ring you will be sure of your wife." He awakens to understand the obscene implication. Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles no. 11; Italian Novella: *Rotunda. |
| G303.9.7.4 | Devil disguised as man tells of trip to heaven and hell. Heaven is full of wretches who weep, fast, and pray. Hell is full of wealth, power, and good living. Nouvelles de Sens No. 5. |
| G303.9.8 | Miscellaneous actions of the devil. |
| G303.9.8.1 | Devil spins and knits. English: Hunt Popular Romances 241. |
| G303.9.8.2 | Devil plays fiddle at wedding. Causes bad luck (kills bridegroom). Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 40 No. 24; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 118 No. 24. |
| G303.9.8.3 | Devil sings (dances) on grave. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.9.8.4 | Devil causes salamander to appear in glass of rum, drinks it. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.9.8.5 | Devil engages in drinking contest with man for purse of gold. Gold causes man to become miser. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.8.6 | Satan asks God to put man into his power (Job). Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.9.8.7 | Satan makes wager with God about mortal's piety. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.8.8 | Satan prays to God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.8.9 | Satan chants songs of praise to God. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.8.10 | Satan weeps. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.8.11 | Satan as blasphemer. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.9 | Pranks played by the devil. |
| G303.9.9.1 | Devil prevents moving of little stone by sitting on it. Scala Celi 149b No. 823. |
| G303.9.9.2 | Devil interrupts mass by pretended battle. Scala Celi 22b No. 144; Alphabet No. 105. |
| G303.9.9.3 | Devil steals knight's cloak. Scala Celi 153a No. 844; Alphabet No. 620. |
| G303.9.9.4 | Devil takes an unbaptized child out of the cradle and lays a wooden log in its place. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 14 No. 127; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3295, Legends Nos. 525ff. |
| G303.9.9.5 | Devil piles sand in ocean so that vessels may run aground. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 17 No. 156. |
| G303.9.9.6 | Devil leads and misguides people. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3332, Legends Nos. 459, 500, 557, 590, 640—49, 746ff., 759—75, 784, 797f., 800, 804. |
| G303.9.9.7 | Trying all night to catch an animal (really devil). Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 777—783. |
| G303.9.9.8 | Taking snuff with the devil. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 772, 785ff. |
| G303.9.9.9 | Devil challenges boys to play a disc-game. Can be defeated only with rowan-sticks. (Cf. D950.9.) Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 653—658. |
| G303.9.9.10 | Exchanging things with the devil. The cheat appears later. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3302, Legends Nos. 437, 441, 559—77. |
| G303.9.9.11 | The devil as tailor to a dandy. The dandy demands clothes sewed without thread. The devil disguised as a tailor makes them. In church the dandy's clothes fall to pieces, leaving him naked. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 685ff. |
| G303.9.9.12 | Devil engages in horse race with man. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.13 | Devil flies away with sentry box. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.14 | Devil drinks church well dry at one draught. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.15 | Devil stampedes horses of general. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.16 | Devil takes place of girl man is embracing in private place. The man goes mad. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.17 | Devil as crow misleads travelers, puts out their lights. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.18 | Devil moves seats in church. Scotland: Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.19 | Devil plays marbles in church. England: Baughman. |
| G303.9.9.20 | Satan entangles ram's horns on the altar. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.9.9.21 | Satan liberates caught deer. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.10 | Allies and possessions of the devil. |
| G303.10.1 | Cat as follower of the devil. Fb IV 99a. |
| G303.10.2 | Toad as follower of the devil. Fb. IV 99a. |
| G303.10.3 | Snake as follower of the devil. Fb IV 99a. |
| G303.10.4 | Dancers as followers of the devil. (Cf. G303.6.2.1.) |
| G303.10.4.0.1 | Devil haunts dance halls. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.10.4.1 | Devil dances with a maid until she dies. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 81; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3251, Legends Nos. 347, 353f. |
| G303.10.4.2 | Two devils come to a dance-loving maid and play when she bathes. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 82. |
| G303.10.4.3 | Devil teaches a dance-loving maid to dance. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 10 No. 83. |
| G303.10.4.4 | Devil appears to girl who wants an escort for a dance. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.10.4.5 | Devil dances with maid and puts his claws through her hands. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.10.5 | Where the devil can't reach, he sends an old woman. (Cf. K1085.) *Type 1353; Wesselski Märchen 196. |
| G303.10.6 | Devil in league with a freemason. *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 32; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 13 No. 117; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3422, Legends Nos. 821ff. |
| G303.10.7 | Devil gives luck with fishing and hunting. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 11 No. 91. |
| G303.10.8 | Horses are offspring of the devil. One cannot trust them. Dh I 239; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 135, 153—159. |
| G303.10.9 | An all-red, all-black, or all-white calf the property of the devil. Dh I 188. |
| G303.10.10 | Lizards are offspring of the devil. Dh I 198. |
| G303.10.11 | The spurge-laurel is the devil's bush. Dh I 200. |
| G303.10.12 | The devil owns the reeds. Dh I 187. |
| G303.10.13 | Thistles and nettles are the devil's vegetables. Dh I 187. |
| G303.10.14 | The bagpipe is the devil's bellows. Dh I 189. |
| G303.10.15 | Devil has a hound. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.10.16 | Devil has a servant. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.10.17 | Bird as messenger of devil. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.10.18 | Angels of Satan. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.10.19 | Devil's well. Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 112. |
| G303.11 | The relatives of the devil. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.11.1 | The devil's wife. |
| G303.11.1.1 | The devil's son is with his mother at night in his father's place. Type 1720*. |
| G303.11.2 | The devil's son. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 35, Beal XXI 312f. |
| G303.11.2.1 | The devil and his son fight over division of the earth. Dh I 135. |
| G303.11.2.2 | The devil's children and grandchildren do his work for him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.11.3 | The devil's mother. Irish: Cross, O'Suilleabhain 92, Beal XXI 330. |
| G303.11.3.1 | Devil's mother rides a goat. Fb I 268, 439. |
| G303.11.4 | The devil's grandmother. **Lehmann Dania VIII 179ff. |
| G303.11.4.1 | Devil's grandmother keeps house for devil. Is an old wrinkled woman with red eyes who locks up hell. Fb I 268a; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G303.11.4.2 | Devil's grandmother is bleaching when it snows. Fb I 268a. |
| G303.11.5 | The devil's daughter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.11.5.1 | The devil and his nine daughters. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.12 | Marital experiences of the devil. (Cf. H1153, K216.1, K2325, T251.1.1.) Irish: Beal XXI 330; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. 91—93; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.12.1 | Devil wooes an innkeeper's daughter. Wünsche Teufel 33. |
| G303.12.2 | Devil marries a widow who maltreats him. Wünsche Teufel 62f. |
| G303.12.3 | Devil marries old maid who proves to be a termagant and a miser. Wünsche Teufel 62. |
| G303.12.4 | Devil visits woman and founds a family. (Cf. G303.11.) Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.12.5 | Devil marries girl. |
| G303.12.5.1 | Girl married to a devil. Despairing of ever finding herself a husband, the old maid exclaims: "I would marry even the devil, were he to marry me." The devil takes her at her word. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3253, Legends Nos. 367ff. |
| G303.12.5.2 | Devil marries disdainful girl; she escapes. U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.12.5.3 | Devil marries girl whose rich mother refuses to let her marry common young men of community. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.12.5.4 | Devil wooes woman; she discovers identity in time to escape with aid of minister who swallows candle after getting devil to promise she could live as long as the candle lasted. (Cf. K551.9.) Scotland: Baughman. |
| G303.12.5.5 | Girl married to devil escapes with answers to his riddles. Type 812; U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.12.5.6 | Girl wooed by devil is saved by magic herb she wears. (Cf. D1386.2.) U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.12.5.7 | Devil takes form of girl's lover and takes advantage of her. She meets lover on way home, learns what has happened, dies. England: Baughman. |
| G303.12.6 | Devil in guise of woman woos man. England, U.S.: *Baughman. |
| G303.12.6.1 | Man marries a she-devil He catches her as succubus and marries. Some years later his wife's brothers invite them to a feast (wedding) and he gets gifts or wife's dowry. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *424. |
| G303.12.7 | Devil's sexual relations with mortals. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.12.7.1 | Satan's sexual intercourse with Eve. Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.13 | The stupid devil. Missouri French: Carrière; **Wünsche Teufel; Danielsson Djävulgestalten i Finlands svenska Folktro (Helsingfors, 1930) 35; Spanish: Espinosa Jr. Nos. 82—84, 201; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.13.1 | Devils do not know or understand thoughts of men. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 329 No. 50. |
| G303.13.2 | Devil works backward. Begins building at top of house. Wünsche Teufel 52. |
| G303.13.3 | Devil tries to wall in too large a piece of ground in a night and fails. Wünsche Teufel 70. |
| G303.13.4 | The devil tries to learn a trade; he fails miserably at all but versemaking. He now loiters in alehouses, sings songs. Scotland: Baughman. |
| G303.13.5 | Simple-minded devil indicates how he can be driven away. (Cf. G303.16.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.14 | Devil's unfinished work cannot be completed by human hands. One stone missing in church, etc. Wünsche Teufel 37f., 47, 51—56. |
| G303.14.1 | The devil destroys by night what is built by day. Wünsche Teufel 30; French: Sébillot France IV 46; Canada, England, Scotland: *Baughman. |
| G303.14.1.1 | Devil destroys Adam's work by night. Dh I 238. |
| G303.14.2 | Devil builds bridge except for one stone. No one dares to add the final stone. England: Baughman. |
| G303.15 | Places haunted by the devil. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3440, Legends Nos. 833—850. |
| G303.15.1 | Devil haunts premises about to be visited by calamity. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions 292. |
| G303.15.2 | Granary now haunted because of devil's defeat. Wünsche Teufel 53f. |
| G303.15.3 | Devil haunts a house. Finally is exorcised. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 711—718. |
| G303.15.4 | Devils haunt tree. (Cf. G312.3.) |
| G303.15.4.1 | Particular species of tree abode of devils. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.15.5 | Ruins of a palace haunted by Satan. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.15.6 | Satan appears at a feast where the poor are absent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.16 | How the devil's power may be escaped or avoided. Irish myth: *Cross; Finnish-Swedish: Danielsson 112. |
| G303.16.1 | By the help of the Virgin Mary the devil may be escaped. Scala Celi 111a, 119a, 120b Nos. 617, 657, 659; Irish: *Cross; O'Suilleabhain 41, Beal XXI 315; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| G303.16.2 | Devil's power over one avoided by prayer. Fb I 267a; Scala Celi 132b, 137a, 149b Nos. 729, 764, 765, 823; Alphabet No. 591; Wünsche Teufel 44, 102; Irish myth: Cross; England: Baughman, Hunt Popular Romances 224; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 14 No. 126; French: Sébillot France IV 126; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.16.2.1 | Devil cannot take one who has read the Pater Noster. Fb I 266b, 267a. |
| G303.16.2.1.1 | Devil cannot enter person who is thinking of God. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| G303.16.2.2 | Person saved from devil by prayer to Virgin. Scala Celi 122b, 124a, 134b Nos. 673, 677, 742; Köhler-Bolte II 613ff. |
| G303.16.2.3 | Devil's power avoided by blessing. |
| G303.16.2.3.1 | Man escapes devils by reading Lord's blessing. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 9 No. 74. |
| G303.16.2.3.2 | Devil flees at pope's blessing. Dh I 175. |
| G303.16.2.3.3 | Devils disappear when priest blesses bread. Scala Celi 67a No. 370; Irish: Beal XXI 314, O'Suilleabhain 38. |
| G303.16.2.3.4 | A nun eating unblessed lettuce eats a demon. Gregory the Great Dialogues Bk I Ch. 4 (tr. Edmund Gardner, London, 1911) 17; *Krappe Bulletin Hispanique XXXIX 22; Alphabet No. 108; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.16.2.3.5 | Blessing reveals seemingly pure stream to be devil's trap which kills whoever drinks from it. Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.16.2.4 | Devils driven away by hymn (psalm). Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.16.2.5 | Demon cannot hurt holy man or woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.16.3 | Devil's power avoided by the cross. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.16.3.1 | Devils driven away by cross. Scala Celi Nos. 367, 392. |
| G303.16.3.2 | Devil cannot endure cross made by straps of knapsack. Type 1166*; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1168; Russian: Andrejev No. 1166*; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV No. 1166*. |
| G303.16.3.3 | Devils put to flight by cross made of leaves. Scala Celi No. 391. |
| G303.16.3.4 | Devil made to disappear by making sign of the cross. Dh I 48; Scala Celi 13a, 45a, 45b, 66b, 67a, 67b, 70b, 77b Nos 77, 256, 257, 368, 369, 371, 372, 393, 394, 442; Pauli (ed. Bolte) 90; Crane Vitry 189 No. 131, 246 No. 263; Alphabet No. 64.—Irish: O'Suilleabhain 92, Beal XXI 330; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 642—645, 648, 650, 776, 786, 800, 825; French: Sébillot France I 160, II 403, IV 12; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Argentina: Jijena Sanchez 103; West Indies: Flowers 450. |
| G303.16.3.5 | Knight dismisses devil in name of cross. Scala Celi 127b No. 696; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 93. |
| G303.16.3.6 | Devil made visible by making sign of cross. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| G303.16.4 | Words of religious comfort cause devil and his crew to vanish. England: Baughman, Hunt Popular Romances 218; Jewish: Neuman. |
| G303.16.5 | Administering sacrament destroys devil's power. |
| G303.16.5.1 | Chaplain administers sacrament and saves woman's soul from devil. Wünsche Teufel 37. |
| G303.16.5.2 | Devil disappears when offered host. Scala Celi 64b No. 353; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.16.6 | Man is rescued from devil by baptism. Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 14 No. 131. |
| G303.16.7 | Devil is chased by holy water. Type 756B; Andrejev FFC LXIX 103; Irish: Cross, Beal XXI 313—315, 322, O'Suilleabhain 35, 38, 40, 56; Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 82 No. 676; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 639, 708, 715; French: Sébillot France IV 126; West Indies: Flowers 450. |
| G303.16.8 | Devil leaves at mention of God's name. England, Ireland, Wales, U.S.: Baughman; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 651, 774f., 780, 814; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 95 No. *817, Keller; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| G303.16.9 | Devil is made impotent by confession. Scala Celi 42a—46b Nos. 239, 241, 243, 245, 246, 249, 255, 260. |
| G303.16.10 | Angels save person from the devil. Scala Celi 45a, 84a Nos. 253, 479, 660; Alphabet No. 178; Wünsche Teufel 42. |
| G303.16.11 | Various holy persons save one from devil. |
| G303.16.11.1 | Devil is driven out of a man by Peter. Dh I 170. |
| G303.16.11.2 | Devil prevented from revenge by pious priest. Wünsche Teufel 45. |
| G303.16.11.3 | Person chases the devil away. Devil says, "You also have stolen once." Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 40 No. 30; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 119 No. 30; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 706, 715. |
| G303.16.11.4 | Saint expels devil to hell. Nouvelles de Sens No. 5; Irish myth: Cross. |
| G303.16.11.5 | Saint's dispute with devil. *Loomis White Magic 76. |
| G303.16.12 | Ringing of churchbell causes devil to lose his power. Wünsche Teufel 40, 42, 43f. |
| G303.16.13 | Devil may be escaped by going to church every day. Fb I 267a. |
| G303.16.14 | The devil exorcised. Alphabet No. 595; Wünsche Teufel 104f., 106f.; Fb I 267a; Irish: *Cross, Beal XXI 315; Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 14 No. 132, 15 Nos. 133, 134; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1169; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 328 No. 28; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| G303.16.14.1 | Priest chases devil away. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.16.14.1.1 | Priest separates girl from devil's claws. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| G303.16.14.2 | Devil chased by the fumes of burning arsenic. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| G303.16.14.2.1 | Devil exorcised by burning wood. Irish: O'Suilleabhain 39. |
| G303.16.14.3 | Devil overpowered or chased with a stick of rowan-tree. Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 653f., 657f., 671f., 799. |
| G303.16.14.3.1 | Why the devil fears the rowan-tree. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3346. |
| G303.16.14.4 | The devil is exorcised with bell, book, and candle. U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.16.14.5 | Devil avoids cockscomb flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.16.15 | Devils leave hermit who turns other cheek when struck. Scala Celi No. 795. |
| G303.16.16 | Devil is cheated of his reward when priest dismisses mass early. Wünsche Teufel 84. |
| G303.16.17 | Devil cannot enter a house with horseshoe over door. Fb I 267a; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 650; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| G303.16.18 | One must not whistle after sunset, else the devil will go along with one. Fb I 267b. |
| G303.16.18.1 | Christians are prohibited from whistling in dark lest the devil appear. Sébillot France I 159. |
| G303.16.19 | Miscellaneous ways in which the devil may be escaped or his power destroyed. England, Ireland, U.S.: Baughman. |
| G303.16.19.1 | Man secure from devil on horse. Scotch: Campbell Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Glasgow 1900) 293. |
| G303.16.19.2 | Devil goes with one if one spits on old castaway brooms. Fb I 267b. |
| G303.16.19.3 | One is freed if he can set a task the devil cannot perform. Fb I 267a; **Wesselski Niederdeutsche Zeitschrift für Volkskunde X 1ff.; England: *Baughman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| G303.16.19.3.1 | Task for devil: sweeping and winnowing peas on ice. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 1177. |
| G303.16.19.3.2 | Task for devil: making needles. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1188. |
| G303.16.19.3.3 | Task for devil: washing a Jew (Jewess), to rid him (her) of the evil smell. (Cf. A1662.1.) Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1187. |
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