μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Riddle contests.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H548

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 427, 458.
  • general *BP II 370
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I 435b n. 150
  • general Frazer Old Testament II 564
  • general Child I 405
  • general *De Vries FFC LXXIII 43ff.
Within the index

Filed under Propounding of riddles.

1 finer motif beneath it
King and rabbi exchange riddles
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 Death sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge) cannot solve Escape from devil by answering his riddles Answers found in other world to riddles propounded on way 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
Riddles sent to Solomon by King Hiram. (Cf. H548.)

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