How heavy is the earth? Take away all the stones and I will weigh it — Mythoi

Motif

How heavy is the earth? Take away all the stones and I will weigh it.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of weight and measure. · view the constellation · filed as H691.2.1

Cited in the index

general Anderson FFC XLII 143.

Within the index

Filed under Riddle: how heavy is the earth?

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Countertasks. When a task is assigned, the hero agrees to perform it as soon as the assigner performs a certain other task. (Cf. H691.2.1, H1021.1.1, H1021.3, H1021.6.1, H1021.6.2, H1022.2.1, H1022.3, H1022.9, H1023.1.1, H1023.1.2, H1023.2.2.1, H1023.9.1, H1023.10.1, H1142.3, H1146.)

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