What is softest? The hand. (In order to lie soft one places his hand between the head and the pillow.) — Mythoi

Motif

What is softest? The hand. (In order to lie soft one places his hand between the head and the pillow.)

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of the superlative. · view the constellation · filed as H652.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 1

Cited in the index

general De Vries FFC LXXIII 88
general BP II 358.

Within the index

Filed under Riddle: what is softest?

Filed beside it

What is softest? Mother's bosom

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Riddle: what is softer than swan down? (Cf. H652.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875 702 recorded variants

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