ATU 1137 The Blinded Ogre

ATU 1137

The Blinded Ogre

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts, and the motifs below are the doors onward.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Magic ring compels would-be fugitive to keep calling out, "Here I am". (Cf. D1076.) 2 variants
Giant ogre. Polyphemus. (For motifs concerning giants who are not malevolent but merely large, see F531.) 2 variants
Escape by dressing in animal (bird, human) skin. 2 variants
Escape under ram's belly. By hiding under the belly of a ram the hero escapes under the legs of the blind ogre. 2 variants
Deception through false doctoring. 2 variants
Eye-remedy. Under pretence of curing eyesight the trickster blinds the dupe. (Often with a glowing mass thrust into the eye.) 2 variants
Person with one eye in center of forehead. (Cf. F441.4.1, F531.1.1.1.) 1 variant
Giant with one eye in middle of forehead. (Cf. F512.1.1.) 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.