Dance with the devil: metamorphosis of an oral legend, from Italian culture found in Abruzzo to the cordel literature of Brasil
Keywords:
dancing with the Devil, the Devil's hooves, the Devil's blaze, abducion by the Devil, legend, oral literature, comparative literatureAbstract
This article presents different oral versions, for the most part unpublished, on the Dancing With the Devil legend. The author tries to outline, through a comparative analysis, the sequences and motifs found in this type of legend. The topic variants and the cultural basis have also been analysed in a legend of the Abruzzo region in Southern Italy, an ethological legend from Cape Verde, a chapbook (cordel) song song from Brazil, an urban legend from Colombia and other international equivalents.
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