Son blinds father. (Cf. Q451.7, S165.)

Motif

Son blinds father. (Cf. Q451.7, S165.)

Unnatural cruelty. · Cruel relatives. · Cruel children and grandchildren. · view the constellation · filed as S21.2

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

Irish mythCross
Italian NovellaRotunda.

Within the index

Filed under Cruel son.

Filed beside it

Son buries aged mother alive Son gives mother as hostage King banishes mother to stables Cruel son tries to sterilize father

Travels with

Blinding as punishment Mutilation: putting out eyes

wander