Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

1168A: The Demon and the Mirror

ATU > 1000-1199: TALES OF THE STUPID OGRE (GIANT, DEVIL) > 1155-1169: Man Outwits the Devil > 1168A: The Demon and the Mirror

Description

Cf. Types 92, 1336A. The man has a mirror in his bag. He tells (a) the demon (or (b) the tiger) that he has captured other demons (tigers) and shows him the bag, whereupon he sees his reflection and, mistaking it for another demon, (tiger), flees.…

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