The riddle as a folklore genre has changed a lot in past century. The once common folk riddle is now being replaced by authorial riddles written for children. These have two to four verses, are rhymed and the topics are chosen from the world known to children; such riddles are usually classified as poetry. Within Slovene folklore another type of riddle is now in the foreground: humorous questions, in which the functions of the actors are not basically changed. The article presents the Slovene riddle and its main subtype.
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