What is swiftest? Thought.
Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of the superlative. · view the constellation · filed as H632.1
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Norse The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) , PART OF THE SECOND LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGS-BANE
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVI LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales
- Literary Crystallization Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books , Book 6
- Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit) The Hymns of the Rigveda , 5.41
Cited in the index
- general *De Vries FFC LXXIII 71
- general *BP III 233.
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875 702 recorded variants
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