Riddle-tales are traditional stories featuring riddle-contests. They frequently provide the context for the preservation of ancient riddles for posterity...

"The Riddle" (German: Das Rätsel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1819 (KHM 22). It is of Aarne-Thompson...

"A Riddling Tale" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales. It is Aarne-Thompson type 407, the girl as a flower. The...

A riddle is a statement, question, or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas...

A riddle joke, joke riddle, pseudo-joke or conundrum is a riddle that does not expect the asked person to know the answer, but rather constitutes a set-up...

ATU types 705–712 The Three Golden Children, analysis of type ATU 707 Riddle-tale, an analysis of types 851, 851A and 927 ATU 565 "the magic mill": Why...

Schlaraffenland): KHM 158 The Ditmarsch Tale of Lies (Das dietmarsische Lügenmärchen): KHM 159 A Riddling Tale (Rätselmärchen): KHM 160 Snow-White and...

challenges those who encounter her to answer a riddle, and kills and eats them when they fail to solve the riddle. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in...

mentioned. Voldemort, an anagrammatic sobriquet for his birth name Tom Marvolo Riddle, is the archenemy of Harry Potter, who according to a prophecy has "the...

Hey Riddle Riddle is a comedy podcast about puzzles and riddles. The hosts are Erin Keif, John Patrick Coan, and Adal Rifai. The show is produced by Headgum...

version of this tale also appears in A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index type 821, the devil's riddle. Three soldiers...

Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing...

learning and author of Riddle questions concept. Aven (2003, 2005) Stories From Other Side (2004) Riddle Tales (2006) Riddle Tales II (2006) The Fifth Butterfly...

short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" and features excerpts from the story being read. Poe was given credit for the track's lyrics. Riddle Box was released in...

A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore...

The Ridere of Riddles is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands, listing as his informant John...

The Riddles of Amir Khusrow were developed during the royal courts of more than seven rulers of the Delhi Sultanate. During this time, Khusrow wrote not...

The neck riddle is a riddle where the riddler (typically a hero in a folk tale) gains something with the help of an unsolvable riddle. Verlyn Flieger (citing...

is given a chance to answer correctly. The tale of a princess who challenges her suitors with deadly riddles is similar to the story of Turandot. As such...

Winning the Princess with a Riddle. Stith Thompson classified the tale as AT 329, "Hiding from the Devil (Princess)", tales where the hero must hide from...

The Riddle (novel), a 2004 fantasy book of the Pellinor series by Alison Croggon The Riddle (fairy tale), one of Grimm's Fairy Tales "The Riddle", a 1923...

were first documented are riddles. In Europe, Greek mythology produced riddles like the riddle of the Sphinx. Many riddles were produced during the Middle...

answers. This type of tale is the commonest European tale dealing with witty exchanges. In ballad form, the clever answers to the riddles, and the winning...

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in August 1903...

Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius reported a tale from Northwestern Finland that begins with the louseskin riddle. The animal husband is a snake ("orm") who...

Daughter" or "The Clever Lass" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales as tale number 94. It has also spread into Bohemia...

"The Twins" (Albanian: Binoshët; Italian: I Gemelli) is an Albanian folk tale firstly recorded by Arbëreshë folklorist Giuseppe Schirò in Piana degli Albanesi...

Jesse Leroy Brown. Kirkus Reviews. November 1, 1998. A mediocre, cliché-riddled tale of America's first Black naval aviator "The Flight of Jesse Leroy Brown"...

Hairs" (German: Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 29). It falls under Aarne–Thompson classification...

La Fada Morgana (English: Fairy Morgana) is a Catalan fairy tale or rondalla, first collected by Majorcan priest and author Antoni Maria Alcover. It is...