Motif
Blinding of a one-eyed cannibal giant with heated spits
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A motif of the Threshold Guardian family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 3728-3822 confidence: high
At sunset a horrible giant enters: tall as a palm tree, black, with one burning eye in the middle of his forehead, sharp teeth, a hanging lower lip, elephant-like ears, and claw-like nails.
The narrator and nine comrades heat spits in the fire and thrust them into the giant's single eye while he sleeps.
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