Beschrijving
The Blinded Ogre. (Polyphemus, Tepegöz) A man (together with others) who is traveling (in a forest, in the wilderness) accidentally comes to the cave (hut) of an (one-eyed [F512.1.1, F531.1.1.1]) ogre [G100] living alone (with his mother) and tending sheep. The ogre catches the man and threatens to devour him.
The man pretends to be a physician [K1010] and promises to heal the ogre’s eye(s) (the ogre falls asleep). The man heats a metal spear, thrusts it into the ogre’s eye [K1011], and escapes from the blinded ogre by covering himself with a sheepskin [K521.1] or by hiding under the belly of a ram that walks out of the cave [K603]. Cf. Types 953, 1135.
In some variants, the ogre later tries to recapture the man by using a magic ring (object) which compels the fugitive to keep calling out,“Here I am” [D1612.2.1]. The man succeeds in escaping from the ogre once more: He cuts off his finger with the ring and throws it into the sea. The ogre goes after the ring and is drowned.
The man pretends to be a physician [K1010] and promises to heal the ogre’s eye(s) (the ogre falls asleep). The man heats a metal spear, thrusts it into the ogre’s eye [K1011], and escapes from the blinded ogre by covering himself with a sheepskin [K521.1] or by hiding under the belly of a ram that walks out of the cave [K603]. Cf. Types 953, 1135.
In some variants, the ogre later tries to recapture the man by using a magic ring (object) which compels the fugitive to keep calling out,“Here I am” [D1612.2.1]. The man succeeds in escaping from the ogre once more: He cuts off his finger with the ring and throws it into the sea. The ogre goes after the ring and is drowned.
Motief
F512.1.1
F531.1.1.1
G100
K1010
K1011
K521.1
K603
D1612.2.1
Commentaar
The most famous literary version is part of Homer’s Odyssey (IX,106–545).
Combinaties
This type is often combined with one or more other types, esp. 300, 953, 1115, 1135, and 1199A.
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1137
Subgenre
sprookje