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

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

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H541.1

Scholars’ trail — 8references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

EnglishChild V 493 "riddles"
Italian NovellaRotunda.
general *Type 922
general **Anderson FFC XLII 252
general *BP III 230
general *Oertel Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 121
general Malone PMLA XLIII 398f.
general Fb "bejler" IV 31b

Within the index

Filed under Riddle propounded with penalty for failure.

1 finer motif beneath it

Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death

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Riddle propounded on pain of loss of property Riddle propounded on pain of loss of official position

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Guessing with life as wager

Carried in tale types

The Shepherd Substituting for the Clergyman Answers the King's Questions · ATU 9222 recorded variants

wander