What is brightest? The sun.
Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of the superlative. · view the constellation · filed as H651.1
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Welsh The Mabinogion , THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG
- Literary Crystallization Moby-Dick; or, The Whale , 93
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 1, Canto 1
- Literary Crystallization Faust: A Tragedy , Second Part, Act 3
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 130
Cited in the index
- general De Vries FFC LXXIII 89.
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875 702 recorded variants
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