μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • general Types 461, 875
  • general BP III 357
  • general Aarne FFC XXIII 129.
Within the index

Filed under Riddles of the superlative.

1 finer motif beneath it
What is richest? Autumn
Filed beside it
Riddle: what is the strongest?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 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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