μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

King and abbot. King propounds three riddles to abbot to answer on pain of death. Herdsman disguises as abbot and answers questions.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H561.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
  • general *Type 922
  • general **Anderson FFC XLII
  • general Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 55
  • general Fb "hyrde" I 719
Within the index

Filed under Solvers of riddles.

Filed beside it
Clever peasant girl asked riddles by king 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
How far is it from happiness to misfortune? One day; yesterday I was herdsman and now I am abbot. (Cf. H561.2.)
Carried in tale types

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