Test: making senseless remarks. King brought to say, "What is the sense in that?"

Motif

Test: making senseless remarks. King brought to say, "What is the sense in that?"

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Test of cleverness or ability. · view the constellation · filed as H507.2

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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JapaneseIkeda.
general Anderson FFC XLII 357

Within the index

Filed under Wit combat. Test in repartee.

Filed beside it

Princess offered to man who can defeat her in repartee Contest in wishing Wit combat among three sisters for additional dowry. Replies to husbands when their premarital pregnancy is noticed Contest in scolding as introduction to battle Literary contest won by deception: he who will be first silenced is the loser. When the false teacher answers in nonsense syllables, the true scholar is speechless and so loses contest

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