The constellation
H599 Other enigmatic statements
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Girl will not drink of water which had no father or mother (i.e., stagnant) · H599.1 entry
- Enigmatic statements of a sham mad man (Hamlet) · H599.2 entry
- Clever flatterer: Sir, you are a full moon, and my sovereign is a new moon (the full moon will decline, but the new moon has but started on its growth) · H599.3 entry
- Man asked to kill thousands, press hundreds beneath his arm, etc. (To shave his head, put some hairs under his arm, etc.) · H599.4 entry
- Enigmatic counsel: uproot old trees and plant new ones (dismiss old governors and appoint new) · H599.5 entry
- Give coals orange color, let glimmer of gold appear like expanse of heaven, prepare two heads of darkness. (Request for chickens for breakfast.) · H599.6 entry