Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.) — Mythoi

Motif

Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.)

The dead. · The soul. · Vital bodily members. · view the constellation · filed as E781.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Japanese Ikeda
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 299 n. 94.
general *Type 660
general BP II 552

Within the index

Filed under Eyes successfully replaced.

1 finer motif beneath it

Prince regains his eyesight after theft of eyes from water maidens

Filed beside it

Eyes bought back and replaced Eyes borrowed by animal. Later returned

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Doorkeeper with one human eye, one cat's eye Witches use eyes of animals to travel at night. They leave their own eyes at home, substitute those of an animal. (Cf. E781.1.)

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