An Assyrian Riddle
More often than not the things that turn up in my research on Tolkien remain unused because, while I intuit a connection, there is no way it can be proved. The above ancient Assyrian riddle is a case in point. It is found in A.H. Sayce’s Assyria: Its Princes, Priests, and People (1893). Together with John Rhys […]
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Jul 31, 2019 08:01AM
Makes sense to me! Just how old are the oldest riddles? Hang on to it and it will suddenly fit into a new paper.
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