μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 18references

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.

  • Icelandic*Boberg
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "yeux"
  • SpanishBoggs FFC XC 63, 67 Nos. 455, 510, Espinosa II 99–103, 111–112, Espinosa Jr. No. 137
  • Greek*Grote I 183, Fox 74 (Phineus)
  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 111, 1163
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 250 No. 193
  • TahitiBeckwith Myth 251
  • Hawaiiibid. 248
  • Eskimo (Cumberland Sound)Boas BAM XV 165, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 585
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson CColl II 391ff.
  • general *Types 310, 533, 590, 613
  • general *BP I 97ff., II 273ff., 468ff., III 1ff.
  • general **Christiansen FFC XXIV 46ff.
  • general *Cox 501
  • general Gaster Thespis 332f. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Mutilations.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Eyes of beheaded person gouged outCrane pecks out tiger's eyesBlinding by thrusting needles into eyesEyes torn out and filled with sandNecklace made of torn out human eyesHuman eyes used as fishbaitArtisan who has built palace blinded so he cannot build another like it. (Cf. S161.0.1, W181.2.)
Filed beside it
Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.)Jealous women mutilate her who is most attractive to menFairies mutilate mortals. (Cf. F362.)Mutilation of envoys. (Cf. R51.3.)Moon mutilates his earth mistressMutilation: cutting off hands (arms)Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet)Mutilation: cutting (tearing) out tongue. Often to prevent revelation of secretMutilation: knocking out teethMutilation: skin cut from backMutilation by crushing. (Cf. S116.)Mutilation: tearing off earsMutilation: nose cut off or crushedMutilation: breaking (two, three) ribsHorses mutilated: tails cut off and manes torn off with the skin in order to humiliate their owner. (Cf. J1169.5.)Mutilation: sex organs cut off. (Cf. Q241, Q451.10.)
Travels with
Son blinds father. (Cf. Q451.7, S165.)Man blinds brother. (Cf. S165.)
Carried in tale types

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