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• Blind god. Hödhr. A128.1
• Angel (demon) of blindness. A478.6
• Culture hero ascends to heaven guided by blind ancestress. A566.2
• Lake bursts forth where blind king plucks rushes. A920.1.12
• Wind is blind. A1129.3
• Men originally blind: eyes opened by accident. A1316.3.3
• Origin of blindness. A1339.1
• Adder harmful to holy person transformed to blindworm. (Cf. A1710, A1730, A2231.7.) A2145.5
• Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
• Nightingale borrows blindworm's eye. Each has one eye. Nightingale borrow's blindworm's and will not return it.(Cf. A2332.6.1.) A2241.5
• Worm, thinking that world is coming to end, blinds self so as not to see calamity. (Cf. A2332.6.4.) A2284.3
• "Blindness" in animals. Animals really or supposedly blind. A2332.6
• Why blindworm has no eyes. (Cf. A2241.5.) A2332.6.1
• Why giant lizard is blind. Chose poison instead of eyes. A2332.6.2
• Why grasshopper is born blind. (Cf. A2233.4.) A2332.6.3
• Why worm is blind. (Cf. A2284.3.) A2332.6.4
• Why mole is blind. A2332.6.5
• Why owl is blind by day. (Cf. A2233.3.) A2332.6.6
• Why elephant sees half-blindly. A2332.6.7
• Why leech is blind. A2332.6.8
• Why bee is blind. A2332.6.9
• Saint cures the blind young ones of a hyena or wolf by the sign of the cross and the application of his saliva. (Cf. D1500.1.8.1.) The animal mother is grateful. B384
• Vulture cures blindness. B511.5.1
• Remedy learned from overhearing animal meeting. The hero learns how to cure his own blindness and the sickness of the king (princess). B513
• Helpful bird cares for blinded master. B536.1
• Woman marries in spite of warning dream. Bears blind child who soon dies. C168.1
• Blinded trickster directed by trees. He asks them their names and by their answers he can tell where he is. (Cf. D950.) D1313.4
• Magic object blinds. D1331.2
• Magic spike causes blindness. Throws such a strong ray of light. (Cf. D1285.) D1331.2.1
• Magic salve causes blindness. (Cf. D1244, D1331.3.1.) D1331.2.2
• Magic salve from underworld causes blindness. D1331.2.2.1
• Virgin Mary's shift as banner causes blindness to opposing army. (Cf. D1058.1.) D1331.2.3
• Magic stone causes blindness. (Cf. D931.) D1331.2.4
• Sight of magic wheel causes blindness. (Cf. D1207.) D1331.2.5
• Magic mirror causes blindness. (Cf. D1163.) D1331.2.6
• Dog's urine makes tiger blind. (Cf. D1027.) D1331.2.7
• Magic storm blinds enemy troops. (Cf. D905.) D1331.2.8
• Magic wind blinds. (Cf. D906.) D1331.2.9
• Magic object causes both supernatural sight and blindness. D1331.3
• Salve causes magic sight and blindness. (Cf. D1244, D1323.5, D1331.2.2.) Put on left eye causes one to see all treasure of earth; on the right, makes blind. D1331.3.1
• Powder causes magic sight and blindness. (Cf. D1246, D1323.13.) D1331.3.2
• Magic object cures blindness. D1505
• Man who touches book of St. Oswin's life is cured of blindness. (Cf. D1266.) D1505.12
• Animal excreta cures blindness. (Cf. D1026.1.) D1505.13
• Animal liver cures blindness. (Cf. D1015.4.) D1505.14
• Liver of shining goat heals blindness of raja. D1505.14.1
• Blind man as soothsayer. D1712.2
• Magic sight of blind holy man. D1820.1.1
• Blinding by magic. D2062.2
• Blinding by curse. (Cf. M431.1.) D2062.2.1
• Sight of holy person causes blindness. D2062.2.2
• Magic blindness by snake bite. D2062.2.5
• When certain thief coughs, watchmen become blind. D2062.2.6
• Blindness magically cured. (Cf. D1505.) D2161.3.1
• Blindness cured by killing snake that caused it. D2161.4.10.5
• Blind wild boar in wild hunt. E501.4.3.2
• Sight of wild hunt blinds person. E501.18.7
• Fairies cause blindness. F362.1
• Water-spirits cause blindness. F420.5.2.11
• Blind giant. F531.1.1.3
• Blind man is able to see two unborn rats within mother rat. F642.3.3
• Extraordinary perception of blind men. F655
• Blind man able to recognize real pearls by their smell, diamonds by touch, a good horse by screwing its ears, and raja of noble birth by his generosity. F655.1
• Blind tiger recognizes by man's voice that he is a hypocrite. F655.2
• Flower visible only to blind man. F814.5
• Blindness miraculously cured. F952
• Blinded prince forces goddess to give him back his sight. F952.0.2
• Blindness cured by tears. F952.1
• Blindness healed by sun's rays. F952.2
• Blindness cured by rubbing sand on eyes. F952.3
• Blindness cured by striking eyes. (Cf. F953.1.) F952.3.1
• Blindness cured by striking eyes with shell. F952.3.1.1
• Blindness cured by rubbing eyes with flower. F952.3.2
• Blindness cured by striking head violently on tree. F952.4
• Blindness cured by application of chicken dung. F952.5
• Blindness cured by drop of water from side of crucified Saviour. F952.6
• Man washes clothes blindfolded. F1017
• Person goes blind from overweeping. F1041.3
• Man fishes up two blind women from a well. F1065
• Blind giant ogre. G121
• Person imitates witch by putting ointment in eye: eye blinded. (Cf. F361.3.) G242.8
• Witch makes person blind. G263.4.5
• Devil is blind. G303.4.1.2.7
• Devil's pipe, gun or music. Man is blinded and gets such as gift or exchange from devil. G303.25.16.1
• Ogre blinded. G511
• One-eyed giant (ogre) blinded (and killed) by arrow. G511.1
• Riddle: what six things are not worth doing? (Sowing salt, mowing pebbles, drinking from an empty jug, making signs to a blind man, wooing at mealtime, playing a harp in a mill.) H871
• Task: blinding a witch. H1191
• Question (propounded on quest): How can snake be cured from blindness? Answer: By giving away his gem. H1292.4.2
• Bear demands that heroine play Blindman's Buff. H1537.1
• Test of sight: stepping stones. Captives re-blinded if they cross stepping-stones without stumbling. H1575.1
• Blind man who feels young wolf recognises his savage nature. J33
• Choice: blind son with long life or healthy son with short. Latter chosen. J226.2
• Prisoners given choice between emasculation and blinding. J229.12
• Greedy man keeps demanding one more thing from complacent man; at last is magically blinded. J514.3
• Consolation: priest tells blind man that even flies have eyes but only man has the inner eyes of the soul. J893.1
• Detection of guilt by smile. Buried money is stolen from blind man. Latter has boy watch and notify him when passerby smiles at him. The smiler is the thief. J1149.5
• Execution evaded by using three wishes. King ordains that guest who turns his plate shall be executed, but orders that anyone so condemned shall have three wishes granted. One of the wishes: to have all blinded who saw him turn the plate. He is freed. J1181.1
• Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew. J1661.1.1
• Snake mistaken for a whip by a blind man. J1761.6.1