ATU 362* The Devil's Kindness
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The tale in brief
The devil helps a farmhand with his work; a second farmhand hangs himself out of envy, and so the devil gets his reward.
Summary written for RunoVerse from Antti Aarne’s list of tale types of 1910 and the Finnic texts linked on this page.
Estonian treasure legends
Types of Estonian treasure legends that RunoVerse links to this tale type. A canonical reference rests on a catalogue number in the legend type’s name; strong parallels and experimental matches rest on a shared plot or shared motifs.
- P 355: Vaene läheb pooma, hall mehike juhatab varanduse. Rikas kordab poomiskatset · 1 record · strong parallel
- P 356: Kurat/haldjas/vaim tasub inimtegelasele heateo vm teene eest · 14 records · experimental match
Motifs and related tale types
Motifs: Devil Gets Another Soul Instead of One Bargained For K217
Sources
Tale-type number, title, classification, related types and the Finnic sources: Hans-Jörg Uther, The Types of International Folktales (FF Communications 284–286, Helsinki 2004). · Uther 2004, part I (FF Communications 284), free online ↗
Treasure-legend links: RunoVerse’s matching of the Estonian treasure-legend types with the tale types.
Motifs and combinations with other tale types: the Trilogy dataset, from Stith Thompson’s Motif-Index of Folk-Literature and the ATU catalogue.
The plot summary, the notes and the arrangement of this page are RunoVerse’s own.