Aenigmata - http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jmpfund/Aenigmata.html The early Medieval riddle collections by Symphosius and Aldhelm (in Latin), with an introduction.
Versification of Vietnamese Riddles - http://www.geocities.com/chtn_nhatrang/riddles.html Discussion by Cong-Huyen-Ton-Nu Nha-Trang on stylistic features as a means to distinguish the riddle from other genres of folk poetry.
Old English Riddles - http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/1001Brewer.htm Paper by Hazel Brewer on the history of Old English riddles.
Homefun on Riddles - http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/engl12/RIDDLES.htm A guide to general questions about riddles, their significances, and forms.
Grecian Riddle-Jokes - http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol10/minorf.htm Article by Evangelos Gr.Avdikos on riddle-jokes, which use word patching for parodying social situations.
Sexual Riddles: The Test of The Listener - http://cc.joensuu.fi/~loristi/1_97/kai197.html Article by Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj discussing the history and context of sexual riddles.
Sirandanes - Riddles - http://www.kreol.mu/Sirandanes_1.htm Riddles of Mauritia in Mauritian Creole, French and English.
The Morrison Collection - Dengmi Yadiao - http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Morrison/Texts/DengmiYadiao.html Collection of 67 Chinese lantern riddles (in Chinese) with introduction, from a collection of Chinese books at SOAS.
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