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

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-RomanThe Aeneid, Book 1

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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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

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

Carried in tale types

The Clever Farmgirl [J1111 · ATU 875702 recorded variants

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