μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 8references

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 mythCross
  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "aveugle"
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth 25.
Within the index

Filed under Marvelous cures.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Sight miraculously restored while poet writes hymn (poem)Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sightBlindness cured by tearsBlindness healed by sun's raysBlindness cured by rubbing sand on eyesBlindness cured by striking head violently on treeBlindness cured by application of chicken dungBlindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified SaviourEyes restored by bathing in lake (spring)
Filed beside it
Sickness cured by napkin of VeronicaExtreme anger as cure for sickness. (Cf. F955.)Measuring sick as means of cureSickness (madness) cured by coitionExtreme fear as cure for sicknessSucking through tubes heals wounds. (Cf. F959.3.)Marvelous cure without seeing personPrincess cured by seeing her lost lover danceHealing by sprinkling water and replacing fleshCripple marvelously curedDumb person brought to speakMiraculous cure for leprosy. Rage at hearing for first time of Christ's passion causes cure. (Cf. F950.3.)Extraordinary diagnosisCure by physician's imitating sick man's actionsMountebank undertakes to bring the city's incurables back to health. Effects marvelous curesMarvelous cures – miscellaneous
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Sight restored as reward. (Cf. F952, Q42.6.)

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