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Motifs — first 20 of 157
- Twin culture heroes – one foolish, one clever. (Cf. A525.) A515.1.1.2
- Sun and moon brothers: sun clever, moon stupid. A736.3.2
- Clever and swift horse of fanciful origin. B710.2
- Clever and swift horse fed with worms' milk on the gold mountain Tecklen in India. B710.2.1
- Clever and swift horse of dromedary-family. B710.2.2
- Clever woman and devil as paramour. Devil betrays means by which he can be driven out. D1386.2.1
- Clever smith makes needle that pierces anvil. F663.2
- Suitor test: cleverness and learning. H327
- Bride test: wisdom (cleverness). H388
- The clever wife in disguise wins a second wife for her husband. H461.1
- Test of cleverness or ability. H500
- Test of cleverness: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display by their answers extraordinary powers of deduction. H505
- Test of cleverness: uttering three truths. H505.1
- Tests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous. H509
- Clever peasant girl asked riddles by king. H561.1
- Clever peasant wife asks king riddles. H561.1.0.1
- Clever daughter construes enigmatic sayings. H561.1.1.1
- King and clever youth. King asks questions; youth returns riddling answers. H561.4
- King and clever minister. King propounds riddles and questions to his clever minister. H561.5
- Clever prince interprets enigmatic statements. H561.9
Episodes
Tale types
- ATU 1406 The Three Clever Wives Wager (previously The Merry Wives' Wager)
- ATU 1450 Clever Elsie
- ATU 1533C The Clever Division of the Herd
- ATU 1534 Series of Clever Unjust Decisions
- ATU 1539 Cleverness and Gullibility
- ATU 1542 The Clever Boy
- ATU 1543C* The Clever Doctor
- ATU 1564* The Clever Granary Watcher
- ATU 1572E* The Clever Coachman and the Hungry Master
- ATU 1573* The Clever Servant as Trouble Maker