220 motifs match “riddle” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Tabu: eating griddle cakes (in Garden of Eden). C229.3
• Tabu: solving sphinx's riddle: sphinx perishes. C822
• Cake made by rubbing flour on griddle. D1031.2.1
• Dwarfs give riddles and questions to mortals. F451.5.15
• Dwarf makes return of child dependent upon guessing of riddle. F451.5.15.2
• Witch travels over water in a sieve or a riddle. G241.4.3
• Girl married to devil escapes with answers to his riddles. G303.12.5.5
• Ogre gives riddle on pain of death. G681
• Bride test: cooking griddle cakes. H383.1.2
• Riddles proposed as tests of poetic ability. H509.4.2
• Riddles. Only such riddles are treated in this work as appear in tales, ballads, myths, or the like. H530
• Propounding of riddles. H540
• Supernatural creatures propound riddles. (See also H541.1.1, H543, G681.) H540.1
• Queen propounds riddles. H540.2
• Queen of Sheba propounds riddles to Solomon. H540.2.1
• King propounds riddles. H540.3
• Riddles sent to Solomon by King Hiram. (Cf. H548.) H540.3.1
• Saint as propounder of riddles. H540.4
• Bridegroom propounds riddles at wedding feast. H540.5
• Riddle propounded with penalty for failure. H541
• Riddle propounded on pain of death. (Cf. H512.) H541.1
• Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death. H541.1.1
• Riddle propounded on pain of loss of property. H541.2
• Fine for failure to solve riddle. H541.2.1
• Riddle propounded on pain of loss of official position. H541.3
• Death sentence escaped by propounding riddle king (judge) cannot solve H542
• Riddle assigned defendant in action. If he solves it he wins suit. H542.1
• Escape from devil by answering his riddles. H543
• Devil held off from person by answering his riddles. St. Andrew the Bishop, and the Devil. The Devil, in form of beautiful maiden visits a holy bishop. St. Andrew appears as a pilgrim, answers the questions through which the devil seeks to keep him at a distance and discomfits the devil. (Cf. B302.22.3.) H543.1
• Child in cradle guesses devil's riddle: all are saved. H543.2
• Answers found in other world to riddles propounded on way. H544
• Riddle contests. H548
• King and rabbi exchange riddles. H548.1
• Princess offered to man who can out-riddle her. H551
• Man wins wife by instructing her how to answer her mother's riddles. H551.1
• Woman gives self to solver of riddles. H551.2
• Man marries girl who guesses his riddles. H552
• Solvers of riddles. H561
• Clever peasant girl asked riddles by king. H561.1
• Clever peasant wife asks king riddles. H561.1.0.1
• Conflict between peasant and nobleman decided so that each must answer riddles: peasant's daughter solves them. H561.1.1
• King and abbot. King propounds three riddles to abbot to answer on pain of death. Herdsman disguises as abbot and answers questions. H561.2
• King Solomon as master riddle-solver. (Cf. H540.2.1, H540.4.) H561.3.1
• King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister. H561.5
• Druid as solver of riddles. H561.7
• Cleric as solver of riddles. H561.8
• Saint as solver of riddles. H561.10
• Inscription on home of riddle-solver "I have no care." H562
• Riddle propounded from chance experience. On way to riddle trial youth sees things that give him a clue for his riddles. H565
• Happenings before feast give Samson clue for riddles. H565.1
• Means of solving riddles. H570
• Counterquestions. Riddles answered by a question that reduces the riddle to an absurdity. H571
• Reductio ad absurdum of riddle: stallions of Babylon. "Why is my mare restless when stallions of Babylon neigh?" Hero beats cat for having strangled a cock last night in Babylon (impossible distance away). H572
• Answer to riddle found by trickery. H573
• Riddle solved with aid of hidden informant. H573.1
• Riddle solved by listening to propounder talk in his sleep. H573.3
• Riddles solved with aid of propounder's wife. (Cf. G530.2, H335.0.1, H974.) H574
• Accidental discovery of answer to riddle. H575
• Clever youth (maiden) answers king's inquiry in riddles. (Cf. H561.4.) H583
• Riddles of the superlative. H630
• Riddle: what is the strongest? H631
• Riddle: what is the swiftest? H632
• Riddle: what is sweetest? H633
• Riddle: what is the sweetest song? H634
• Riddle: what is the sweetest sound? H635
• Riddle: what is the richest? H636
• Riddle: what is the hardest? H637
• Riddle: what is costliest? H638
• Riddle: what is most beautiful? H641
• Riddle: what is highest? H642
• Riddle: what is deepest? H643
• Riddle: what is longest? H644
• Riddle: what is the heaviest? H645
• Riddle: what is greenest? H646
• Riddle: what is the most beloved? H647
• Riddle: what is best? H648
• Riddle: what is brightest? H651
• Riddle: what is softest? H652
• Riddle: what is the fattest? H653
• Riddles of the superlative – miscellaneous. H659
• Riddle: what is oldest? H659.1
• Riddle: what four things are hardest to hold? H659.2
• Riddle: what are best and worst stones? H659.3
• Riddle: what is the best fowl? H659.4
• Riddle: what is best religion – Christian or Mohammedan? H659.5
• Riddle: what kind of work occupies most men? H659.6
• Riddle: what is greatest? H659.7
• Riddle: what is wisest? H659.9
• Riddle: what is most general? H659.10
• Riddle: what is most useful? H659.11
• Riddle: what is most shameful? H659.12
• Riddle: what is most pleasant? H659.13
• Riddle: what is easiest? H659.14
• Riddle: what is the hardest to skin? H659.15
• Riddle: what is the best time to eat? For the rich man, when he wishes; for the poor man, when he has something to eat. H659.17
• Riddles of comparison. H660
• Riddle: what is swifter than a bird, the wind or lightning? The eye. (Cf. H632.2.) H661
• Riddle: what is dearer than gold? Mother love. (Cf. H651.2.) H662
• Riddle: what is whiter than a swan? An angel. H663
• Riddle: what is sweeter than honey? (Cf. H633.) H671