The constellation
H702 Riddle: how many stars in the heavens?
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
filed under
- Riddles of numbers · H700 entry
beneath it
- How many stars in the heavens? As many as the grains of sand; if you don't believe it, count them yourself · H702.1 entry
- How many stars in the heavens? As many as the hairs in the head; if you don't believe it, count them yourself · H702.2 entry
- How many stars in the heavens? As many as the points on paper; if you don't believe it, count them yourself · H702.3 entry
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carried in tale type