Riddle of dates — Mythoi

Motif

Riddle of dates.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of numbers. · view the constellation · filed as H707

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Filed under Riddles of numbers.

1 finer motif beneath it

When were you born? Its beginning is like its end, its top like its bottom (1691)

Filed beside it

Riddle: how many seconds in eternity? 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? Are there more men or women in the world?

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