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A recurring theme in Native American mythology is blue-eyed characters that tend to be chaotic/evil/malevolent forces. Do these stories predate European contact? And if so, why did they associate blue eyes with evil?

by /u/ActualPimpHagrid in /r/AskHistorians

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