Blinding by thrusting needles into eyes — Mythoi

Motif

Blinding by thrusting needles into eyes.

Unnatural cruelty. · Revolting murders or mutilations. · Mutilations. · view the constellation · filed as S165.3

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Mutilation: putting out eyes.

Filed beside it

Eyes of beheaded person gouged out Crane pecks out tiger's eyes Eyes torn out and filled with sand Necklace made of torn out human eyes Human eyes used as fishbait Artisan who has built palace blinded so he cannot build another like it. (Cf. S161.0.1, W181.2.)

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