One traveler to another (when asked how he crossed an unbridged stream): I cross on an ashen bridge. (Found a ford with an ashen staff.) — Mythoi

Motif

One traveler to another (when asked how he crossed an unbridged stream): I cross on an ashen bridge. (Found a ford with an ashen staff.)

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Enigmatic statements. · view the constellation · filed as H586.6

Cited in the index

general Wesselski Märchen 197 No. 7
general Nouvelles de Sens No. 8.

Within the index

Filed under Riddling remarks of traveling companion interpreted by girl (man) at end of journey.

Filed beside it

Man helps traveler and makes riddling remarks. Gives him food, shares his coat in rain, and carries him over stream. Reproaches him with traveling without mother, house, or bridge (nourishment, shelter, or horse) Traveler says he is going to the city to see what has become of the seed he sowed in the street. (What has become of the girl he left in the city to await his return.) One traveler to another: Let us carry each other and shorten the way. (Let us tell tales and amuse ourselves on the way.) One traveler to another: That field (uncut) is already harvested. (Belongs to spendthrift who has already spent the money.) One traveler to another (as they see corpse borne by): He is not entirely dead. (Has left good property.) One traveler to another: Is this cup valuable or not? (Is your daughter married or not?) Boy says that travelers should catch the mares (walking sticks that are in the jungle)

Carried in tale types

The Clever Young Woman at the End of the Journey · ATU 875D 1 recorded variant

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