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Riddle: white brother, black sister: every morning brother kills sister; every evening sister kills brother; they never die. (Day and night.)

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Metaphorical riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H722.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Gascon Bladé I 9 No. 1.
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 116
Within the index

Filed under Riddle of the day and night. (Cf. H721.1, H721.2, H721.4.)

Filed beside it
Riddle: black and white horses chasing each other. (Day and night.)

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