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Allegorical riddles.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Metaphorical riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H767

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
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Filed under Metaphorical riddles.

1 finer motif beneath it
Riddle: what is that thou passest over with haste? (The field of youth; the mountains of youth, etc.)
Filed beside it
Riddle of the year Riddle of the day and night. (Cf. H721.1, H721.2, H721.4.) Riddle of the course of the sun Riddle: who are the real travellers? The son and the moon Riddle of king and courtiers Riddle: 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? Arrow Riddle 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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