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Test: guessing unknown propounder's name.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Tests in guessing. · view the constellation · filed as H521

Filed across the traditions
  • Africa (Angola) Chatelain 141 No. 14.
  • general *Type 500
  • general *BP I 490
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Filed under Tests in guessing.

1 finer motif beneath it
Test: guessing unknown propounder's age
Filed beside it
Princess offered to correct guesser Guessing with life as wager Guessing contest between kings Test: guessing trolls' names in order to save one's life Curse evaded by guessing names in magic writing Test: guessing unknown animal (plant) Test: guessing nature of devil's possessions Test: guessing person's thoughts Test: guessing princess's birthmarks Question: "What is under my cloak?" Questioner has branch of blackthorn laden with berries under her cloak Guessing: whether more of a certain stone is above or below ground. A test set by heathen king for a saint Guessing sex of unborn child (or animal)
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