Eyes successfully replaced

Motif

Eyes successfully replaced.

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

“But the small eye was far back in his socket, and he could not see very well with it. A buffalo was grazing near by, and as White-man stood near him crying, he looked on and wondered. White-man said: “Bere is a buffalo, who has the power to help me in my trouble.” So the Buffalo asked him what he wanted. White- man told him he had lost his eye and needed one. The buffalo took out one of his and put it in White-man’s head.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 28 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 28 receipt

Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Irish myth*Cross
India*Thompson-Balys
Africa (Angola)Chatelain 139 No. 13.
general Jacobs' list s. v. "Eyes exchanged"
general Fb "øje" III 1166a
general Köhler-Bolte I 434ff.
general Gaster Thespis 333f.

Within the index

Filed under Vital bodily members. They possess life independent of the rest of the body. (Cf. F1096.)

3 finer motifs beneath it

Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.)Eyes bought back and replaced Eyes borrowed by animal. Later returned

Filed beside it

Vital body: kills attacking enemies Animal bodily members transferred to person or other animal retains animal powers and habits. (Cf. E781, E782.)Limbs successfully replaced Vital head. Retains life after being cut off. (Cf. D992, F511.)Flesh regrows Vital skin. Retains life after death of owner Heart successfully replaced Stomach borrowed by animal. Later returned Severed pap regrows when woman bears child Vital bodily members – miscellaneous

Travels with

Animal bodily members transferred to person or other animal retains animal powers and habits. (Cf. E781, E782.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: using magic power too often Three foolish wishes. Three wishes will be granted: used up foolishly The eye-juggler. A trickster sees a man throwing his eyes into the air and replacing them. He also receives this power but he must not use the power beyond a specified number of times. When he does so, he loses his eyes. He usually gets animal eyes as substitutes

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