ATU 836F* The Miser and the Eye Ointment

ATU 836F*

The Miser and the Eye Ointment

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 salve gives clairvoyance (Cf. 1244.) 1 variant
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. 1 variant
Powder causes magic sight and blindness. (Cf. D1246, D1323.13.) 1 variant
Greedy man keeps demanding one more thing from complacent man; at last is magically blinded. 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.