μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • Irish mythCross.
Within the index

Filed under Solvers of riddles.

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Clever peasant girl asked riddles by kingKing and abbot. King propounds three riddles to abbot to answer on pain of death. Herdsman disguises as abbot and answers questionsSolomon and Marcolf. Witty questions and answers between youth and servantKing and clever youth. King asks questions; youth returns riddling answersKing and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever ministerKing and peasant vie in riddling questions and answersCleric as solver of riddlesClever prince interprets enigmatic statementsSaint as solver of riddles

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