What is swiftest? The sun.
Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of the superlative. · view the constellation · filed as H632.3
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Literary Crystallization Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books , Book 10
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 4, Canto 16
- Irish Old Celtic Romances: Translated from the Gaelic , Tale 6 THE FAIRY PALACE OF THE QUICKEN TREES.[LXXVII.]
- Greek The Iliad , Book 22
Cited in the index
- general De Vries FFC LXXIII 72.
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875 702 recorded variants
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