μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • Jewishbin Gorion Born Judas III 32, 297f., *Neuman.
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Filed under Metaphorical riddles.

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Riddle of the yearRiddle of the day and night. (Cf. H721.1, H721.2, H721.4.)Riddle of the course of the sunRiddle: who are the real travellers? The son and the moonRiddle of king and courtiersRiddle: what is the mother who devours her children when they grow up? (Ocean and rivers.)Riddle white field, black seed. (Paper with writing.)Riddle: two legs, three legs, four legs. (Man, three-legged stool dog.)Riddle: four hang, four walk, two show the road, one wags behind. (Cow's teats, feet, eyes, tail.) (Other answers: cat, dog, horse, hog, etc.)Riddle: six legs, four ears, two faces, etc. (Horse and rider.)Riddle: bill white, horns on feet, knob on head (cock)Riddle: who of fourfold beard is he, of azure foot and neck so ruddy? ArrowRiddle of the Sphinx: what is it that goes on four legs in the morning, on two at midday, and on three in the evening. (Man, who crawls as a child, walks in middle life, and walks with a stick in old age.)Riddle: what is the creature that is of all countries, that is loved by all the world, and that has no equal? (The sun.)Riddle: the father not yet born, the son already at the top of the house. (Flame and smoke.)Riddle: bird without feathers flies on tree without leaves. (Snow falls on bare tree.)

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