Fool deceived into curing headache by removing his eyes — Mythoi

Motif

Fool deceived into curing headache by removing his eyes.

Deceptions. · Deception into self-injury. · Deception through false doctoring. · view the constellation · filed as K1011.1

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Exempla Keller.

Within the index

Filed under Eye-remedy. Under pretence of curing eyesight the trickster blinds the dupe. (Often with a glowing mass thrust into the eye.)

Filed beside it

Ashes as remedy for sore eyes

Carried in tale types

Curing Fever by Dipping into Well · ATU 1349L* 2 recorded variants

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