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E. Eclogue 3; Elephant joke; Enigmata Eusebii; Epistola ad Acircium; Exeter Book; Exeter Book Riddle 5; Exeter Book Riddle 7; Exeter Book riddle 9; Exeter Book Riddle 12
The date when this compilation was originally made is uncertain, and the dates of individual riddles even less clear: the oldest may go back to Archaic Greek, the youngest to Byzantine; [7] but the emergence of the compilation in its present form is generally associated with Constantine Cephalas, working in the tenth century. [8]
The riddles are all in verse, each one stanza long, and well integrated in their style into the genre of Eddaic poetry. [6] Each stanza has six to eight lines, usually in the metre ljóðaháttr, followed by a two-line conclusion in the metre fornyrðislag, 'Heiðrekr konungr | hyggðu at gátu' ('consider this riddle, King Heiðrekr') (though in the manuscripts themselves this repeated line ...
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The queen tests Solomon with riddles (including I Kings 10.1–13 and II Chronicles 9.1–12). This inspired various later works: four riddles are ascribed to her in the 10th or 11th-century Midrash Proverbs. [7] These plus another fourteen or fifteen tests of wisdom, some of which are riddles, appear in the Midrash ha-Ḥefez (1430 CE).
When metaphorical, these compounds become what could be considered riddles within the riddle itself, and the audience must be attentive to any double meanings or "hinge words" in order to discover the answer to the riddle. [8] [7] [9] The riddles offer a new perspective on the mundane world [10] and often poetically personify their subject. [11]