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Thread #137068   Message #3135834
Posted By: Penny S.
15-Apr-11 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
Subject: RE: BS: CapriUni's blog: disability in folktales
Sorry for hijacking the thread, so here is a step back on stream. Tyr was onehanded because of Fenris Wolf, and Nuada of the Silver Hand was one handed, but I can't remember why. Both lose dominance because of it. Balor had only one eye, from birth, I assume, and had it put out by Lugh's spear. Was Polyphemus disabled as a Cyclops, before Odysseus blinded him? He obviously was afterwards. Thersites, who badmouthed the kings at Troy, was noted for being ugly. (Which obscured the fact that he was right.)

And don't these plots and characters get about.

Penny