μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • general Anderson FFC XLII 244.
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Filed under Propounding of riddles.

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Supernatural creatures propound riddles. (See also H541.1.1, H543, G681.)Queen propounds riddlesKing propounds riddlesSaint as propounder of riddlesBridegroom propounds riddles at wedding feastRiddle propounded with penalty for failureDeath sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge) cannot solveEscape from devil by answering his riddlesAnswers found in other world to riddles propounded on wayRiddle contestsPrincess offered to man who can out-riddle herMan marries girl who guesses his riddlesSolvers of riddlesRiddle propounded from chance experience. On way to riddle trial youth sees things that give him a clue for his riddles
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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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