The dipole of knowledge (foreseeing) and blindness can be found in a plethora of mythological references such as Tiresias, Calchas, Phineas and many more. In a more archetypal myth, the Cyclops sacrificed the loss of one eye and as compensation they received by the gods the ability to know when they would die..
There was a common perception that the deprivation of sight, is chosen as a "small price" against the gain of divination ability.