Riddling answers betray adultery — Mythoi

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Riddling answers betray adultery.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Enigmatic statements. · view the constellation · filed as H582.2

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general BP I 198
general *Wesselski Märchen 197

Within the index

Filed under Riddling answers betray theft or adultery

1 finer motif beneath it

Enigmatic statement betrays incest. (Cf. T411.) Woman, recognizing cleric as her son by her father (Fiachna), gives him a drink of milk and says, "I give drink to my brother; he is Fiachna's son, he is Fiachna's grandson; his mother is Fiachna's daughter." The son's reply shows that he understands the situation

Filed beside it

Riddling answer betrays theft Woman's question to her husband disguised as woman, how many men she had in one night. This is properly understood as, how many helpers he had, and answered by lifting ten fingers

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