Motif
partial blindness and vulnerability
partial_blindness_and_vulnerability
A motif of the Conditional Invulnerability and Hidden Weakness family, within the sub-family Separation from weapons or impairment of faculties. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE FARMER AND THE FOX / VENUS AND THE CAT / THE CROW AND THE SWAN / THE STAG WITH ONE EYE; lines 3210-3223 confidence: medium
A one-eyed stag grazes close to the sea-shore, turns his sound eye toward land to watch for hounds, and turns his blind eye toward the sea because he expects no danger there.
The stag’s blindness in one eye determines which direction he can watch and contributes to the fatal surprise.
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