μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Mutilation: putting out eyes.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "yeux"
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 63, 67 Nos. 455, 510, Espinosa II 99–103, 111–112, Espinosa Jr. No. 137
  • Greek *Grote I 183, Fox 74 (Phineus)
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 111, 1163
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 250 No. 193
  • Tahiti Beckwith Myth 251
  • Hawaii ibid. 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 out Crane pecks out tiger's eyes Blinding by thrusting needles into 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.)
Filed beside it
Self-mutilation. (Cf. T327.1, T327.2, T333.) Jealous women mutilate her who is most attractive to men Fairies mutilate mortals. (Cf. F362.) Mutilation of envoys. (Cf. R51.3.) Moon mutilates his earth mistress Mutilation: cutting off hands (arms) Mutilation: cutting off legs (feet) Mutilation: cutting (tearing) out tongue. Often to prevent revelation of secret Mutilation: knocking out teeth Mutilation: skin cut from back Mutilation by crushing. (Cf. S116.) Mutilation: tearing off ears Mutilation: nose cut off or crushed Mutilation: breaking (two, three) ribs Horses 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
Son blinds father. (Cf. Q451.7, S165.) Man blinds brother. (Cf. S165.)
Carried in tale types

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