The constellation
H660 Riddles of comparison
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- Riddle: what is swifter than a bird, the wind or lightning? The eye. (Cf. H632.2.) · H661 entry
- Riddle: what is dearer than gold? Mother love. (Cf. H651.2.) · H662 entry
- Riddle: what is whiter than a swan? An angel · H663 entry
- Riddle: what is sweeter than honey? (Cf. H633.) · H671 entry
- Riddle: what is softer than swan down? (Cf. H652.1.) · H672 entry
- Riddle: what is harder than stone? (Cf. H637.) · H673 entry
- Who is greater than God? Man's purpose · H674 entry