King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister — Mythoi

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King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H561.5

Filed across the traditions

Jewish *Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys.
general **De Vries FFC LXXIII 365ff.
general *Encyc. Rel. Ethics s. v. "Ahiqar"
general *Marc Studien zur vgl. Littgesch. II 393f., III 52
general **Meissner Das Märchen vom weisen Achikar (Leipzig, 1917)

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Filed under Solvers of riddles.

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