Blind man carries lame man. They thus combine and are able to get along

Motif

Blind man carries lame man. They thus combine and are able to get along.

Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Human helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N886

Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

Jewish*Neuman
India*Thompson-Balys
PhilippineFansler MAFLS XII 53
N. Am. Indian (Navaho)Alexander N. Am. 174.
general *Type 519
general *Wesselski Arlotto II 255 n. 1
general Herbert III 192
general Oesterley No. 71
general Scala Celi 23b No. 151. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 68, *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Human helpers.

1 finer motif beneath it

Hunchback leads blind man

Filed beside it

Help from little man Lame boy (girl) as helper Old person as helper Help from beggar. (Cf. N825.3.1.)Child as helper. (Cf. N832.)Wise woman as helper Girl as helper Boy as helper. (Cf. N827)Wealthy (powerful) man as helper King as helper Queen as helper Hero (culture hero) as helper Shepherd as helper Cook as helper Hermit as helper Dervish as helper

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