Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death — Mythoi

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Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H541.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Gascon Bladé I 3 No. 1
Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 349 n. 1 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VI
Persian Carnoy 335
Hindu Penzer IX 143.
general **Laistner Rätsel der Sphinx
general Fb "menneske" II 578a

Within the index

Filed under Riddle propounded on pain of death. (Cf. H512.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Bird language learned by having ears magically cleansed Helpful horse Animals save person's life. (Cf. B540.) Tabu: revealing secrets of god Tabu: man looking at nude goddess Transformation: man to woman Man looks at copulating snakes: transformed to woman. (Cf. D12.) Riddle of the Sphinx: what is it that goes on four legs in the morning, on two at midday, and on three in the evening. (Man, who crawls as a child, walks in middle life, and walks with a stick in old age.) Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder Punishment for splitting head and eating man's brains Punishment: banishment (exile) Blinding as punishment

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