Riddle of the day and night. (Cf. H721.1, H721.2, H721.4.) — Mythoi

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

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Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter III
Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 7
Literary CrystallizationThus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Chapter 56LVI. OLD AND NEW TABLES.

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Filed under Metaphorical riddles.

2 finer motifs beneath it

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

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Riddle: tree with twelve branches, each with thirty leaves, black and white. Year, month, days and nights Riddle: tree with leaves white on one side and black on other. Year made up of nights and days Riddle: palace consisting of 8760 stones; twelve trees, thirty branches, each with black and white cluster of grapes. Year, months, days, hours