Theft from three old women who have but a single eye among them. The hero seizes their eye

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Theft from three old women who have but a single eye among them. The hero seizes their eye.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K333.2

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“As he was returning from the hunt, there met him heralds sent by Erginus to receive the tribute from the Thebans. Now the Thebans paid tribute to Erginus for the following reason. Clymenus, king of the Minyans, was wounded with a cast of a stone by a charioteer of Menoeceus, named Perieres, in a precinct of Poseidon at Onchestus; and being carried dying to Orchomenus, he with his last breath charged his son Erginus to avenge his death.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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generalThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IVThompson cites: *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4.

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general *BP IV 112 n. 5
general *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV

Within the index

Filed under Theft from blind person.

Filed beside it

Blind Dupe. A blind man's arrow is aimed for him by his mother (or wife) who deceives him into thinking that he has missed his aim. She eats the slain game herself Buzzard steals coyote's eyes, while he is throwing them up in the air Blind beggar overheard telling that his money is kept in a stick. Thief exchanges sticks Theft by blinding with pepper

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Transformation: man to stone Petrification by glance Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman Magic sandals Magic cap Magic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.)Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.)Night magically lengthened Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.)Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.)

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