μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • JapaneseIkeda.
  • general *Types 461, 875, 922
  • general *BP II 357
  • general *De Vries FFC LXXIII 84, Aarne FFC XXIII 129
Within the index

Filed under Riddles of the superlative.

9 finer motifs beneath it
What is the strongest? A horseWhat is the strongest? GodWhat is strongest? EarthWhat is strongest? WomanWhat is strongest? TruthWhat is mightiest? RainWhat is strongest? NecessityWhat is strongest? WineWhat is strongest? The king
Filed beside it
Riddle: what is the swiftest?Riddle: what is sweetest?Riddle: what is the sweetest song?Riddle: what is the sweetest sound?Riddle: what is the richest?Riddle: what is the hardest?Riddle: what is costliest?Riddle: what is most beautiful?Riddle: what is highest?Riddle: what is deepest?Riddle: what is longest?Riddle: what is the heaviest?Riddle: what is greenest?Riddle: what is the most beloved?Riddle: what is best?Riddle: what is brightest?
Carried in tale types

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