What is brightest? Mother's eyes. (Cf. H662.)

Motif

What is brightest? Mother's eyes. (Cf. H662.)

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of the superlative. · view the constellation · filed as H651.2

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general De Vries De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind (Nederlandsch tijdschrift voor volkskunde XXXII 192ff.).

Within the index

Filed under Riddle: what is brightest?

Filed beside it

What is brightest? The sun

Travels with

Riddle: what is dearer than gold? Mother love. (Cf. H651.2.)

Carried in tale types

The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875702 recorded variants

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