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German fairy tale
"A Riddling Tale " is a type of German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales [ 1]
A common example is Aarne-Thompson type 407, the girl as a flower.[ 2] [ 3]
Three women were changed to identical flowers. One was allowed home at night and told her husband to pick and free her. He did so.
Riddle
How did he recognize her?
Answer
The other flowers, having been in the field all night, had dew on them. The wife did not. So for that, he would know that that flower was his wife.
Angelopoulos, Anna, Sylvette Gendre-Dusuzeau, and Agnès Jacob. "The Riddle Tale." In Greek Folktales and Psychoanalysis , ed. by Anna Angelopoulos, pp. 217-239. Routledge.
Works Notable
"Allerleirauh " "The Beam " "Bearskin " "The Brave Little Tailor " "The Bright Sun Brings It to Light " "Brother and Sister " "Brother Lustig " "Cat and Mouse in Partnership " "Cinderella " "Clever Elsie " "Clever Hans " "Clever Gretel " "The Clever Little Tailor " "Death's Messengers " "The Devil's Sooty Brother " "The Devil and his Grandmother " "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs " "Doctor Know-all " "The Dog and the Sparrow " "The Donkey " "Donkey Cabbages " "The Elves and the Shoemaker " "Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie " "Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful " "The Fisherman and His Wife " "Fitcher's Bird " "The Flail from Heaven " "Foundling-Bird " "The Four Skillful Brothers " "The Fox and the Cat " "The Fox and the Geese " "Frederick and Catherine " "The Frog Prince " "Gambling Hansel " "The Girl Without Hands " "The Gnome " "Going a Traveling " "The Gold-Children " "The Godfather " "Godfather Death " "The Golden Bird " "The Golden Goose " "The Good Bargain " "The Goose Girl " "The Goose-Girl at the Well " "The Grave Mound " "Hans in Luck " "Hans My Hedgehog " "Hansel and Gretel " "The Hare's Bride " "Herr Korbes " "How Six Made Their Way in the World " "The Hurds "The Hut in the Forest " "Iron John " "The Iron Stove " "The Jew Among Thorns " "Jorinde and Joringel " "The Juniper Tree " "The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn " "The King of the Golden Mountain " "King Thrushbeard " "The Lambkin and the Little Fish " "The Lazy Spinner " "The Little Peasant " "Little Red Riding Hood " "Looking for a Bride " "The Louse and the Flea " "The Maid of Brakel " "Mary's Child " "Mother Trudy " "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage " "Mother Holle " "Old Hildebrand " "Old Sultan " "The Old Man and his Grandson " "The Old Woman in the Wood " "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes " "The Pack of Ragamuffins " "The Peasant's Wise Daughter "Pied Piper of Hamelin " "The Pink " "The Queen Bee " "Rapunzel " "The Raven " "The Riddle " "The Robber Bridegroom " "Rumpelstiltskin " "The Seven Ravens " "The Seven Swabians " "The Shroud " "The Singing, Springing Lark " "The Singing Bone " "The Six Servants " "The Six Swans " "Sleeping Beauty " "Snow White " "Snow-White and Rose-Red " "The Spirit in the Bottle " "The Star Money " "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was " "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean " "Sweet Porridge " "Sweetheart Roland " "The Tailor in Heaven " "The Thief and His Master " "The Three Apprentices " "The Three Army Surgeons " "The Three Feathers " "The Three Languages " "The Three Little Birds " "The Three Little Men in the Wood " "The Three Snake-Leaves " "The Three Spinners " "The Twelve Idle Servants " "The Two Kings' Children " "The Water Nixie " "Thumbling " "Thumbling's Travels " "Town Musicians of Bremen " "Trusty John " "The Turnip " "The Twelve Brothers " "The Twelve Dancing Princesses " "The Twelve Huntsmen " "The Two Brothers " "The Water of Life " "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox " "The White Bride and the Black One " "The White Snake " "The Willful Child " "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack " "The Wolf and the Fox " "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats " "The Wonderful Musician " Other
