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- Riddle propounded with penalty for failure. H541
- Riddle propounded on pain of death. (Cf. H512.) H541.1
- Riddle propounded on pain of loss of property. H541.2
- Riddle propounded on pain of loss of official position. H541.3
- Answers found in other world to riddles propounded on way. H544
- Riddle propounded from chance experience. On way to riddle trial youth sees things that give him a clue for his riddles. H565
- Answers found in other world to questions propounded on the way. (Cf. H1278, H1282, H1283, H1284.) H1292
- Question (propounded on quest): Why has spring gone dry? Answer: Animal to be removed from its water-vein. H1292.1
- Question (propounded on quest): Why does no one ever drink water of two certain wells? Answer: In their last birth they had been two Brahman women and whenever they wanted to give alms they gave only to each other. H1292.1.1
- Question (propounded on quest): Why does not a certain tree flourish? Answer: Gold is hidden under it (or a serpent is under its roots). H1292.2
- Question (propounded on quest): Why does no one desire to eat fruits of a certain tree? Answer: Tree in its last birth had been a very learned man who gave his knowledge away. H1292.2.1
- Question (propounded on quest): Why do the live stock die? (Various answers.) H1292.3
- Question (propounded on quest): How can the prince be cured? Answer: He must remove stone which he has spit out in the church. H1292.4
- Question (propounded on quest): How can the princess be cured? Answer: She must recover consecrated wafer which rat has stolen from her first communion. H1292.4.1
- Question (propounded on quest): How can snake be cured from blindness? Answer: By giving away his gem. H1292.4.2
- Question (propounded on quest): How can the cripple be healed? Answer: He must distribute his knowledge. H1292.4.3
- Question (propounded on quest): Why can't the dragon king ascend to the sky? H1292.14
- Question (propounded on quest): Why can't the child talk or the dog bark? H1292.15
- Question (propounded on quest): Why is the cow so severely beaten every day by her calf? Answer: in her last birth she had been the young of her present calf and had treated it the same way. H1292.16
- Question (propounded on quest): Is a poor shepherd known to God? Answer: He had been a very generous god-fearing person in his last birth and God had not forgotten him. H1292.17