The riddle, which exists in almost all cultural spheres, is an early form of saying and knowledge, probably originating in the Near East. It is characterized by pictoriality and paradoxical ambiguities. Modern cultural theories locate the origins of the riddle in the simultaneous needs for sacred seriousness [7. 126–149] and entertaining play [6. 119–132], the two elements being generally interwoven [10. 20–26]. Ancient Greek had two terms for “…