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Basing on the phraseology and paremiology 3 groups of typical phraseological motives concerningdevil are reviewed in the article. These are anthropomorphic devil, devil as a representativeof chthonic word and Christian devil. The contamination of motives in each group is presentedas well, also Russian and Polish devil’s images are compared.Basing on the phraseology and paremiology 3 groups of typical phraseological motives concerning devil are reviewed in the article. These are anthropomorphic devil, devil as a representative of chthonic word and Christian devil. The contamination of motives in each group is presented as well, also Russian and Polish devil’s images are compared.