Death sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge) cannot solve

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Death sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge) cannot solve

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H542

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.

IcelandicBoberg
SpanishBoggs FFC XC 112 No. 927*A.
general *Type 927
general *De Vries FFC LXXIII 314f.
general **F. J. Norton FL LIII 27–57
general Köhler-Bolte I 46
general Penzer I 51, 51n.
general Malone PMLA XLIII 407

Within the index

Filed under Propounding of riddles.

1 finer motif beneath it

Riddle assigned defendant in action. If he solves it he wins suit

Filed beside it

Supernatural creatures propound riddles. (See also H541.1.1, H543, G681.)Queen propounds riddles King propounds riddles Saint as propounder of riddles Bridegroom propounds riddles at wedding feast Riddle propounded with penalty for failure Escape from devil by answering his riddles Answers found in other world to riddles propounded on way Riddle contests Princess offered to man who can out-riddle her Man marries girl who guesses his riddles Solvers of riddles Inscription on home of riddle-solver "I have no care."Riddle propounded from chance experience. On way to riddle trial youth sees things that give him a clue for his riddles

Travels with

Son frees father by bringing riddle the king cannot solve. (Cf. H542.)

Carried in tale types

Out-riddling the Judge · ATU 9272 recorded variants

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