Riddle Examples In Literature. 11 of the Most Famous Riddles in History Ancient Sumer. Yoruba alo riddle 3In Africa riddles are common and have been extensively collected.
These are two examples of riddles posed to Bilbo by Gollum. 2 The local word for riddle sometimes also covers other forms of literature eg. In The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and Gollum have a game of riddles.
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Grinds hard stones to meal. In The Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and Gollum have a game of riddles. Among examples in literature are the riddle of the sphinx in Sophocles and the Anglo-Saxon riddles based on earlier Latin forms. The worlds oldest riddle.
