Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson A812.1 — Devil as Earth Diver

A812.1
Thompson motif reference
A
Mythological Motifs
0
Associated ATU tale types
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Description

Motif

Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God.—*Dh I 2-89 passim, *Handwb. d. Abergl. IX Nachträge 277ff.—Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 3 No. 1; Estonian: Loorits Grundzüge I 455f., Aarne FFC XXV 139 No. 1; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 80 No. 1; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3005; Legends Nos. 7-12;10, 12f.; Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 313ff.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.

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