The constellation
H620 The unsolved problem: enigmatic ending of tale
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The same sky, in words
beneath it
- Skillful companions create woman: to whom does she belong? Woodcarver carves a doll, tailor clothes her, gardener gives her speech (or the like). (Answer sometimes given: her father, her mother, or her husband) · H621 entry
- Hare and pig race across ditch. Each fails in his own way, pig behind hare. Which is winner? · H625 entry
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- Symbolical interpretation of fight between one-legged bird and twelve-legged bird. One-legged bird symbolizes innocence; twelve-legged bird, guilt. (Cf. B15.6.3.3.2.) · H619.5 entry
- Symbolic interpretation of ineffectual thatching of house and building of fire in otherworld. (Cf. F171.6.5, F171.6.6.) · H619.4 entry
- Roots and branches of World-tree explained symbolically · H619.3 entry
- Symbolic interpretation of church and image therein · H619.2 entry
- Skillful companions create woman: to whom does she belong? Woodcarver carves a doll, tailor clothes her, gardener gives her speech (or the like). (Answer sometimes given: her father, her mother, or her husband) · H621 entry
- Skillful companions resuscitate girl: to whom does she belong? · H621.1 entry
- Girl rescued by skillful companions: to whom does she belong? · H621.2 entry
- Hare and pig race across ditch. Each fails in his own way, pig behind hare. Which is winner? · H625 entry