257 motifs match “eyes” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Goddess born from mother's eyes. A112.7.3
• God unusual as to eyes. A123.3
• God with many eyes. A123.3.1
• God with hundred eyes. A123.3.1.2
• God with thirteen eyes. A123.3.1.3
• God with thousand eyes. A123.3.1.4
• Goddess with thousand eyes. A123.3.1.4.1
• God with flashing eyes. A123.3.2
• God of whirlwind. Typhon. He is represented as having serpents' heads on his shoulders, as having a voice like the sound of many beasts and eyes which flash fire. A282.1
• Goddess of thousand eyes discovered by lousing. A475.1.1.1
• Culture hero with different colored eyes, one brown, one green. A526.5.1
• Sun and moon placed for eyes in the sky. A714.1
• Sun and moon as eyes of Rama which he tore out after his brother's death. A714.7
• Opening of creator's eyes creates day. (Cf. A0.) A1171.1
• Origin of hair around mouth and eyes. Original dispute between Hair and Stomach. Stomach compelled to stay on inside of man. Hair stands on guard at mouth and eyes to see that Stomach does not escape. A1315.4
• Origin of eyes. A1316.3
• Distribution of eyes. A1316.3.1
• Men originally blind: eyes opened by accident. A1316.3.3
• Eyes of various peoples. A1666
• Why Canaanites have red eyes. A1666.1
• Why Palmyrenes have narrow eyes. A1666.2
• Eel burned by torch: hence red eyes. A2218.8
• Discourteous answer: why crab has eyes behind. (Cf. A2332.4.1.) A2231.1.3
• Beetle cursed for betraying Holy Family on way to Egypt; beetle now has its eyes always on the ground. A2231.7.1.1
• Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.) A2231.10
• Lemur looks where forbidden: has big eyes. (Cf. A2332.3.1.) A2234.3
• Hare punished for perjury: eyes deep in head. (Cf. A2332.4.1.) A2239.1
• Toad trades his tail for mole's eyes. A2247.5
• Horse originally had eyes on feet: put out and became eyelike marks. (Cf. A2371.2.7.) A2262.1
• Devil gives horse four eyes; God reduces them to two. A2286.2.2
• Origin and nature of animals' eyes. A2332
• Origin of animals' eyes. A2332.1
• How mouse got his eyes. A2332.1.1
• How fly got his eyes. A2332.1.2
• How herring got his eyes. A2332.1.3
• How fox got his eyes. Stole from birch tree. (Cf. A2245.) A2332.1.4
• Where owl got his eyes. A2332.1.5
• Number of animal's eyes. A2332.2
• Why horse has only two eyes. (Cf. A2286.2.2.) A2332.2.1
• Size of animals' eyes. A2332.3
• Why lemur has big eyes. (Cf. A2234.3.) A2332.3.1
• Why zabi's eyes are narrow: because he laughs so hard. A2332.3.2
• Why caribou has small eyes. A2332.3.3
• Shape and position of animal's eyes. A2332.4
• Why hare has deep-set eyes. (Cf. A2239.1.) A2332.4.1
• Why frog's eyes bulge out. A2332.4.3
• Color of animal's eyes. A2332.5
• Why coyote has yellowish eyes. A2332.5.1
• Why cuckoo has red eyes. A2332.5.2
• Why water-hen has red eyes. A2332.5.3
• Why toad has red eyes. A2332.5.4
• Why turkey has red eyes. A2332.5.5
• Why wooddove has green eyes. A2332.5.6
• Why wild duck has red eyes. Dances for trickster. A2332.5.7
• Why herring's eyes are red. A2332.5.8
• Why blindworm has no eyes. (Cf. A2241.5.) A2332.6.1
• Why giant lizard is blind. Chose poison instead of eyes. A2332.6.2
• Where mole got tail. Traded eyes for it. (Cf. A2247, A2332.6.5.) A2378.1.4
• Hare sleeps with open eyes as defense. A2461.1
• Why flies fly around ox's eyes. A2479.9
• Why stinging flies sit on eyes of cattle. A2494.14.3
• Animals with unusual eyes. (Cf. B15.7.2.) B15.4
• Beasts with fiery eyes. B15.4.2
• Dog with fire in eyes. (Cf. B19.4.) B15.4.2.1
• Dogs with eyes like plates, tea-cups, etc. B15.4.3
• Animal with human eyes (transformed man). B15.4.4
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• Raven plucks out men's eyes. B17.2.3.1
• Scorpion scoops out men's eyes. B17.2.4.1
• Serpent relieved from sand blown in eyes: grateful. B385
• Horse advises hero not to wash in water (as his false wife told him to) or his eyes will pop out. B521.1.1
• Chicken picks out one of attacker's eyes. B524.8
• Well upon which no one can look without losing his eyes. C623.1
• Sore eyes from breaking tabu. C943.3
• Eyes of stone lion become bloody. D474.9
• Animal with human eyes. D682.3.2
• Eyes of hero's buffalo friend turn into two powerful dogs that protect his wife. D699.1
• Magic object affects eyesight. D1331
• Magic antimony, rubbed on hero's eyes, will make whatever he looks at become far or near, as he desires it. (Cf. D1246.) D1331.3.3
• Ointment applied to eyes makes night seem day. D1368.1.1
• When spying follower accidentally touches holy man's cloak he loses his eyesight and falls down senseless. (Cf. D1053.) D1410.8
• Images open and close eyes. D1632
• Saint blesses brothers' eyes so that they see heaven. D1820.3
• Whale husband makes wife's eyes impervious to sea water. D1841.4.5
• Sleepless watcher magically put to sleep. Usually has a magic watchful eye, which remains awake while his many other eyes sleep. (Argus). D1961
• Magic journey with closed eyes. Person must not open eyes while on the journey. (Cf. C300.) D2121.2
• Magician opens his eyes and forest burns for twenty-four miles in front of him. D2158.1.4
• Eyes torn out magically replaced. D2161.3.1.1
• Vampire with eyes of owls. E251.4.3
• Ghosts as dogs with glowing tongues and eyes. (Cf. E423.1.1, E522.) E421.3.6
• Dogs with fiery eyes in wild hunt. E501.4.1.3
• Dogs with eyes hanging out over mouth in wild hunt. E501.4.1.4
• Horse with fiery eyes in wild hunt. E501.4.2.5
• Wild huntsmen have fiery eyes. E501.7.6.2
• Reincarnation as currants. Eyes made into currants. E649.5
• Reincarnation: body becomes marble wall; robe, grass; eyes, pools, etc. E671.1
• Eyes successfully replaced. E781
• Substituted eyes. Lost eyes are replaced by those of another person or animal. (Cf. F512.1.4.) E781.1
• Prince regains his eyesight after theft of eyes from water maidens. E781.1.1
• Eyes bought back and replaced. E781.2