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.
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