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Riddle: what is sweetest?

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of the superlative. · view the constellation · filed as H633

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Cited in the index
  • general Type 875
  • general *De Vries FFC LXXIII 79ff.
  • general *BP III 233.
Within the index

Filed under Riddles of the superlative.

5 finer motifs beneath it
What is sweetest? Sleep What is sweetest? Peace in heaven What is sweetest? Mother's breast What is sweetest? One's own interest What is sweeter than sugar? The princess's speech
Filed beside it
Riddle: what is the strongest? Riddle: what is the swiftest? 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?
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Riddle: what is sweeter than honey? (Cf. H633.)
Carried in tale types

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