Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?

Subject: Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?
From: GUEST,blakeklondike
Date: 25 Jun 20 - 03:10 PM

Looking for books of folktales about the devil from around the world. Thanks!

Subject: RE: Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jun 20 - 03:20 PM

Just "the devil?" Some cultures, such as American Indians, traditionally have tricksters and witches. The devil is a later addition from xtian colonizers.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 25 Jun 20 - 03:45 PM

Not folk ... however, a dry witty collection by Ambrose Bierce "The Devil's Dictionary" collected 1880's to 1906.

on-line

http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com

Sincerely,
Gargoyle
. PRESIDENCY n. The greased pig in the field game of American polics.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 25 Jun 20 - 04:18 PM

These are available as free recordings through

LIBRIVOX.ORG

Texts are available from Library of Congress

LOC.GOV


The Devil Baby at Hull-House By Jane Addams (1860-1935) (in Atlantic Classics)

Devil to Pay, The (in The Best British Short Stories of 1922)

How the Cobbler Cheated the Devil (in Children's Short Works, Vol. 028)

The Poor Devil (in Children's Short Works)

The Pancreas Of The Tasmanian Devil (in Coffee Break Collection 011 - Science)


A Deal With The Devil Eden PHILLPOTTS (1862 - 1960)

The Devil is an Ass (Ben Johnson)

The Devil's Bridge Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW (1807 - 1882)



The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose BIERCE (1842 - 1914)


The Devil's Garden William Babington MAXWELL (1866 - 1938)

The Devil's Paw E. Phillips OPPENHEIM (1866 - 1946)


The Devil's Pool George SAND (1804 - 1876)


The History of Lady Julia Mandeville Frances Moore BROOKE (1724 - 1789)


The History of the Devil Daniel DEFOE (c.1660 - 1731)

The Devil's Dance-Chamber - from Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: (in Local Color Collection Vol. 001)



The Man Who Fought the Devil Eva K. BETZ (1897 - 1968)



Daniel and the Devil (in One-Act Play Collection 008)



Rastignac The Devil Philip Jose FARMER (1918 - 2009)


A Struggle With A Devil-Fish by Victor Hugo

The Devil (in Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009)

The Devil's Funeral (in Short Ghost and Horror Collection 02)

The Devil (in Short Story)




The Devil in Manuscript (in Short Ghost and Horror Collection 02)

Dickon the Devil (in Short Ghost and Horror Collection 030)


The Devil In New England (in Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038)


Devil's Head and Customs of Folk in Diverse Isles from Travels of Sir John Mandeville (in Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052)


Rain After a Vaudeville Show (in Short Poetry Collection 203)

Devil’s Asteroid (in Short Science Fiction Collection 031)

The Devil and Tom Walker (in Short Story Collection Vol. 03)

Belphagor, or the Marriage of the Devil (in Short Story Collection Vol. 043)


How to Fight the Devil (in Short Story Collection Vol. 061)


A Defense of the Devil (in Short Story Collection Vol. 062)


The Devil’s Signature by A. Ellis Heneberger (1873-1948) (in Short Story Collection Vol. 071


The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (in Short Story Collection Vol. 08


The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving (in Short Story Collection Vol. 0



The Devil in the Churchyard (in Short Story Collection Vol. 087)


Three Homilies on the Devil

St. John CHRYSOSTOM (c. 349 - c. 407)




The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Sir John MANDEVILLE ( - 14th Cent.)


The White Devil

John WEBSTER (1580 - 1634)

Sincerely,
Gargoyle





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Subject: RE: Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Jun 20 - 08:27 PM

Take a look at the Book of Job in the Bible. The first and second chapters and the last one, are a Hebrew folktale that is munch older and much more interesting than the rest of the book. It's colorful and quite humorous. In the Hebrew Scriptures, Satan is a clever trickster with a sense of humor, not at all like the evil, horrible personage portrayed by Dante in the Divine Comedy. Take the time to read those three chapters. They're fun.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Folklore: Books of folktales about the devil?
From: GUEST,Jim Brown
Date: 28 Jun 20 - 03:47 AM

For tales from Scottish traveller tradition, there's Duncan Williamson's "Jack and the Devil's Purse: Scottish Traveller Tales" (Birlinn, 2011)