μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Princess offered to man who can out-riddle her.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H551

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Filipino Fansler MAFLS XII 278
  • Africa Werner African 356.
  • general *Types 725, 851, 900
  • general BP I 188ff., 200
  • general Philippson FFC L 22
  • general *Chauvin V 192, 192 No. 113
  • general Fb "bejler" IV 31b
  • general Malone PMLA XLIII 414
  • general von der Hagen Gesammtabenteuer III *lxi
  • general Child V 493 s. v. "riddles". Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 851A*
Within the index

Filed under Propounding of riddles.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Man wins wife by instructing her how to answer her mother's riddles Woman gives self to solver of 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 Riddle contests 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
Carried in tale types

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