Eyes, Eyesight and Blindness in Folk-Tales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22355091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Galina Kabakova (0000-0002-2648-5136, corresponding author), Galina I Kabakova |
| Year | 2022 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 30-44 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Religiosa Rossica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2658-4158 |
| Publisher | Russian State University for the Humanities (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.28995/2658-4158-2022-2-30-44 |
| OpenAlex | W4294010012 |
| Language | EN |
The article deals with the plots and motifs associated with the eyes, loss and acquisition of sight in the tale tradition. Blindness in fairy tales rarely acts as a “qualifying disability”. The semantics of a blind man varies considerably depending on the genre variety, from the wise man and the seer to the fool and dupe
Art · Blindness · Sight · Computer Science · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Medicine · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Artificial Intelligence · Optometry
| Highly cited | No |
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