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Keywords:
Evil, hell, supernatural, underground
Description of this motif:
Evil personified. Hebrew "satan" means opponent. Greek "diabolos" is the word behind "devil". Originally Satan was a helper of Jahve or one of God's sons, but in the antique Judaism he became an independent opponent of God, and he is regarded that way in The New Testament.
One remarkable and amusing description of the devil is in the beginning of the Andersen tale "The Snow Queen".
Overview
The tales are sorted by year. The leading numbers refer to the number of occurrences of the motif in the respective texts.
- 1 The Rose Elf (1839)
- 2 The Snow Queen (1844)
- 1 Everything in its Proper Place (1852)
- 3 The Stone of the Wise Man (1858)
- 1 The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf (1859)
- 1 Ole, the Tower Keeper (1859)
- 1 What Old Johanne Told (1872)
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