The constellation
H703 Riddle: how many hairs are in the head?
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
carried in tale type
filed beside
- Riddle: how many seconds in eternity? · H701 entry
- Riddle: how many stars in the heavens? · H702 entry
- Riddle: how many drops in the sea. (Cf. H696.1.1.) · H704 entry
- Riddle: how many leaves are on the tree? · H705 entry
- Riddle: how many days have passed since the time of Adam? · H706 entry
- Riddle of dates · H707 entry
- Are there more men or women in the world? · H708 entry