samson had his eyes gouged out in the bible.
samson had his eyes gouged out in the bible.
who had their eyes gouged out in the bible?
samson
oedipus gouged out his own eyes after accidentally fulfilling the prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother. in the bible, samson was blinded upon his capture by the philistines.









































early christians were often blinded as a penalty for their beliefs. for example, st. lucy's torturers tore out her eyes.
blinding (punishment)
westoning is the location of "an execution and a miracle", a 12th century legend. in the tale, a man named fulke had refused to pay his rent of one denarius to a local farmer, ailward or eilward. on an upcoming holiday, ailward suggested that fulke should repay half his debt in settlement and keep the rest for drinking, but fulke refused. ailward flew into a rage and headed for fulke's house where he broke in and he seized a grindstone and a pair of gloves, but fulke followed him, broke his head open, stabbed him in the arm, bound him, and, at the suggestion of the local beadle, accused him of stealing many more objects. found guilty at his trial, ailward was sent to the ducking pond where he would be found guilty if he floated and innocent if he sank (and drowned). ailward floated, was deemed guilty, and was left at the side of the road, castrated and his eyes gouged out. a local farmer found him and took him home. after days of praying, ailward's eyes and testicles grew back (though his eyes were different colours and his testicles were smaller than they had been before). he devoted the rest of his years to st. thomas. a slightly amended, animated version of the legend has been produced online.
westoning