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Motifs — first 20 of 208
- 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
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1137 The Blinded Ogre
- ATU 122L* Blind Wolf Keeps Guard over a Captive Ox
- ATU 1317 The Blind Men and the Elephant
- ATU 1456 The Blind Fianc'e
- ATU 1456* The Blind Girl and her Fianc'
- ATU 1577 Blind Men Duped into Fighting
- ATU 1577* Blind Robber Paid Back
- ATU 1577** The Blind Man Tricked
- ATU 1617* The Blind Man's Treasure
- ATU 234 The Nightingale and the Blindworm