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Motif

Clever peasant girl asked riddles by king.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H561.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Japanese Ikeda.
  • general *Type 875
  • general **De Vries FFC LXXIII 52ff.
  • general *Hdwb. d. Märchens I 195a
Within the index

Filed under Solvers of riddles.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Clever peasant wife asks king riddles Conflict between peasant and nobleman decided so that each must answer riddles: peasant's daughter solves them Found mortar taken to king reveals peasant girl's wisdom. Peasant finds mortar in his field and against his daughter's advice takes it to the king, who demands the pestle as well. Peasant laments that he has not followed daughter's advice. King summons her
Filed beside it
King and abbot. King propounds three riddles to abbot to answer on pain of death. Herdsman disguises as abbot and answers questions Solomon and Marcolf. Witty questions and answers between youth and servant King and clever youth. King asks questions; youth returns riddling answers King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister King and peasant vie in riddling questions and answers Druid as solver of riddles Cleric as solver of riddles Clever prince interprets enigmatic statements Saint as solver of riddles
Carried in tale types

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