μῦθοι Mythoi
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • general Anderson FFC XLII 232.
Within the index

Filed under Riddles of numbers.

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How many seconds in eternity? A bird carries a grain of sand from a mountain each century; when the whole mountain is gone, the first second of eternity has passed. (Cf. D791.1.2, H1583, X950.2, Z61.)
Filed beside it
Riddle: how many stars in the heavens?Riddle: how many hairs are in the head?Riddle: how many drops in the sea. (Cf. H696.1.1.)Riddle: how many leaves are on the tree?Riddle: how many days have passed since the time of Adam?Riddle of datesAre there more men or women in the world?

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