Author Topic: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian  (Read 75964 times)

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #195 on: April 21, 2019, 12:00:38 PM »
The first time I looked at this, I started at it for ages without any idea at all, then it clicked, I think it's:

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #196 on: April 22, 2019, 09:45:12 PM »
Yup you got it  :)
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #197 on: April 22, 2019, 11:07:29 PM »
Yay! My turn again I guess...

I need no food to keep me strong,
My belly's big, my one arm long,
My hat is hard, my bottom tough,
I drink and I eat, and that's enough,
For food I'm given; I give the same,
So tell me, can you guess my name?
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #198 on: April 27, 2019, 12:31:21 AM »
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #199 on: April 27, 2019, 01:56:05 AM »
have to admit to being inspired by the above guess, but to be precise, is it a
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #200 on: April 27, 2019, 02:54:45 PM »
CG along the right lines, but Ierne is right - I was thinking specifically a saucepan (hence one arm, and a "hat" being the lid).

Right, Ierne, your turn to try riddle writing I guess! :)
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #201 on: April 27, 2019, 10:42:32 PM »
Penis.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #202 on: May 06, 2019, 12:46:37 AM »
i've never written a riddle before and may have made this waaay too hard, but here goes:

i was a god once
until you made me an enemy and a thing of riducule
men run from me in terror
but children hold me close
i search for warm places and sweet things
you sing to keep me at bay
when you find me you do not want me
but you are frightened that one day i might never come back

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #203 on: May 06, 2019, 09:30:46 AM »
My first thought is

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #204 on: May 06, 2019, 05:17:49 PM »
Jubla is probably right but I'm going to try another way and say
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #205 on: May 06, 2019, 07:56:43 PM »
My first thought is

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Once you realize what a joke everything is, being the Comedian is the only thing that makes sense.


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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #206 on: May 06, 2019, 08:42:42 PM »
Jubal got it right first, but Clockwork is spot on about singing if you are hiking :) The Ainu do have a bear god, as do the Sami (and there are probably others I don't know about, given how frequently bears appear in mythology as magical beings).

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #207 on: May 06, 2019, 11:28:10 PM »
I hate rittles. :P

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #208 on: May 07, 2019, 10:43:43 PM »
My comparative mythology evidently needs improvement, and I didn't know the singing thing at all. Hats off on those ones.  :tusky:

Let's see how you find this one (I think this may be an "easy but the poem is nice" one, but I may be wrong):

Within this court they say
A hundred servant lads are found,
Their messages a-carrying,
All told without a sound;
And all of them, yes all of them,
Within three walls are bound.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #209 on: May 10, 2019, 08:35:23 PM »
right, I have an idea that's probably wrong, but I'm gonna say it anyway just in case:

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