Inscription on home of riddle-solver "I have no care." — Mythoi

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Inscription on home of riddle-solver "I have no care."

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H562

Cited in the index

general Anderson FFC XLII 244.

Within the index

Filed under Propounding of riddles.

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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 Princess offered to man who can out-riddle her Man marries girl who guesses his riddles Solvers of riddles Riddle propounded from chance experience. On way to riddle trial youth sees things that give him a clue for his riddles

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

What does God do? He brings low the proud and exalts the lowly (said by shepherd masking as bishop to king, who has exchanged places with him). (Cf. H562.)

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