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Riddle: how much am I (the king) worth?

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Riddles of value. · view the constellation · filed as H711

Cited in the index
  • general Anderson FFC XLII 194
  • general cf. Aarne FFC XXIII 129.
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Filed under Riddles of value.

1 finer motif beneath it
How much am I (the king) worth? Twenty-nine pieces of silver, for Christ was sold for thirty. (Cf. H716.)
Filed beside it
Riddle: how much is my beard (king's) worth? Riddle: how much is a golden plow (throne, crown, palace) worth? Riddle: how much does the sun earn for his daily work? Riddle: how much is a certain crucifix worth? Twenty-nine pieces of silver. (Cf. H711.1.)

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