Editing Riddle (section)

=== Four Hang; Two Point the Way ===
An example of [[Four Hang; Two Point the Way]], to which the pre-eminent solution is 'cow'<ref>Antti Aarne, ''Vergleichende Rätselforschungen'', 3 vols, Folklore Fellows Communications, 26–28 (Helsinki/Hamina: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1918–20), II 60–172.</ref> is given here in thirteenth-century Icelandic form:
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{{lang|non|Fjórir hanga,
fjórir ganga,
tveir veg vísa,
tveir hundum varða,
einn eptir drallar
ok jafnan heldr saurugr.
Heiðrekr konungr,
hyggðu at gátu!}}
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Four are hanging,
Four are walking,
Two point the way out,
Two ward the dogs off,
One ever dirty
Dangles behind it.
This riddle ponder
O prince Heidrek!<ref>''[http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/The%20Saga%20Of%20King%20Heidrek%20The%20Wise.pdf The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise]'', trans. by Christopher Tolkien (London: Nelson, 1960), p. 43 [no. 70].</ref>}}
The cow has four teats, four legs, two horns, two back legs, and one tail.