Open Directory - Society: Folklore: Literature: Riddles

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Aenigmata - The early Medieval riddle collections by Symphosius and Aldhelm (in Latin), with an introduction.
Ambiguity, Classification and Change: The Function of Riddles - Article by Ian Hamnett discussing how riddling reflects social structures, illustrated by Bantu riddles.
Grecian Riddle-Jokes - Article by Evangelos Gr.Avdikos on riddle-jokes, which use word patching for parodying social situations.
Homefun on Riddles - A guide to general questions about riddles, their significances, and forms.
Mambila Riddle Machine - Interactive introduction to riddles collected in the village of Somié, Cameroon.
Old English Riddles - Paper by Hazel Brewer on the history of Old English riddles.
Sexual Riddles: The Test of The Listener - Article by Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj discussing the history and context of sexual riddles.
The Morrison Collection - Dengmi Yadiao - Collection of 67 Chinese lantern riddles (in Chinese) with introduction, from a collection of Chinese books at SOAS.
Yahoo! Groups: ClassicRiddles - Forum keeping the classic rhyming riddles alive.

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Open Directory - Society: Folklore: Literature: Riddles: Collections

Ancient Riddles - Five traditional riddles with hints and answers.
Greek Spider - Handful of riddles, including the famous riddle of the Sphynx.
Jokes for the ESL/EFL Classroom - Riddles - Small collection of riddle-jokes for students of English.
Law Riddles - Collection of riddle-jokes about lawyers.
Letter Riddles - Conundrums (wordplay riddles) compiled between 1850 and 1920.
Puzzles by Lewis Carroll - A decent choice of classic riddles.
Random Riddles - Generates a random riddle-joke on each reload.
Riddle Archive - Riddles are listed by categories - classic, letter, ridiculous, and word.
Riddle Me, Riddle Me, Riddle Me Ree - A collection of historical riddles with answers and hints on demand.
Roland's Riddles - Choose a difficulty level from easy to very hard; answers are included.
Traditional Riddle - In the Tezoatlán Mixtec Language with Spanish and English translation.
Traditional Riddles - Forty traditional riddles with answers.
Usenet rec.puzzles Archive - A set of various riddles, most with an answer.

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