57 motifs match “riddles”  ·  back to the chapters

• Dwarfs give riddles and questions to mortals. F451.5.15
• Girl married to devil escapes with answers to his riddles. G303.12.5.5
• 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
• 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
• Answers found in other world to riddles propounded on way. H544
• King and rabbi exchange riddles. H548.1
• 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 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
• 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
• Riddles solved with aid of propounder's wife. (Cf. G530.2, H335.0.1, H974.) H574
• Clever youth (maiden) answers king's inquiry in riddles. (Cf. H561.4.) H583
• Riddles of the superlative. H630
• Riddles of the superlative – miscellaneous. H659
• Riddles of comparison. H660
• Riddles of distance. H680
• Riddles of terrestrial distance. H681
• Riddles of heavenly distance. (Cf. A658.) H682
• Riddles of weight and measure. H690
• Riddles of weight. H691
• Riddles of measure. H696
• Riddles of numbers. H700
• Riddles of value. H710
• Metaphorical riddles. H720
• Allegorical riddles. H767
• Riddles of explanation. H770
• Riddles based on unusual circumstances. H790
• Relationship riddles arising from unusual marriages of relatives. H795
• Riddles based on the Bible or legend. H810
• Other riddles. H840
• Riddles with "none" as answer. H881
• Riddles about flax. H885
• Riddles about naphtha. H886
• Test of patience by asking irrelevant riddles. H1553.6
• [First Edition (Additions and Corrections): K216.3. Devil's riddles answered: man is freed.] K216.3[1st ed.]