"Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Moral Tale" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1841.

Dammit is described as a man of many vices, at least in part due to his left-handed mother flogging him with her left hand, which is considered improper.

The narrator thinks that it is improper for an old man to push Dammit into making the attempt — "I don't care who the devil he is", he adds.

After the bill for his funeral expenses is left unpaid, the narrator has Dammit's body dug up and sold for dog meat.

The narrator, in fact, sends the bill for Dammit's funeral expenses to the transcendentalists, who refuse to pay because of their disbelief in evil.

"[6] "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" is the final segment (retitled "Toby Dammit") of the three-part Histoires extraordinaires (English title: Spirits of the Dead) (1968), directed by Federico Fellini.

The cast features noted voice actors John Dehner as Mr. Poe, Daws Butler as Toby Dammit and Howard McNear as the Devil.