Author Topic: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian  (Read 75972 times)

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #270 on: February 27, 2020, 11:44:42 PM »
in the old tales-
she is the rising sun
she is the guardian of the place of life
she is the giver of gentle days and nights
but I know an old joke-
you cannot sit beneath her leaves without perishing


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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #271 on: March 25, 2020, 12:07:11 AM »
IS THIS TOO HARD FOR YOU ALL or are you just not into riddles right now???

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #272 on: March 25, 2020, 07:21:35 AM »
Too hard for me, I'm afraid - I can't even think of a guess for any of the lines, really :(
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #273 on: March 25, 2020, 08:23:28 AM »
Too hard for me too; the last line might suggest a tree of some sort, but I can't see how that fits with the rest.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #274 on: March 26, 2020, 03:23:03 PM »
Some notes and a vague guess:

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The duke, the wanderer, the philosopher, the mariner, the warrior, the strategist, the storyteller, the wizard, the wayfarer...

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #275 on: March 26, 2020, 07:57:52 PM »
oops! sorry for making one no one could get!
Jubal was close in getting a flower, but the answer is actually a blue lotus

In the old tales = Egyptian and Greek mythology
the rising sun= the Egyptians used the open blue lotus as a symbol for the rising sun
guardian of the place of life= blue lotus growing in the Nile, which the ancient Egyptians thought of as a place of magical life/ressureation, as well as a literal life source
gentle days and nights= a reference to the lotus eaters of Greek myth, the blue lotus has soporific properties
...and the joke is based around the idea that if you tried to sit under a water lily (of any kind) you'd drown

...I think I just proved I'm too much of an Egyptology nerd to function, oh well :P

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #276 on: March 26, 2020, 08:48:07 PM »
Yeah, that's awesome, but admittedly beyond my Egyptological capabilities :) (Oooh, we should have some Egyptian smiley options...)

Whose turn is it now, then?

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #277 on: March 26, 2020, 09:00:34 PM »
Whose turn is it now, then?
Yours, I would say: you made the only thorough attempt at it, and you at least got a flower, even if it wasn't the right one.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #278 on: March 27, 2020, 12:56:56 AM »
I agree, that was impressive!

(ooh and yes please to the Egyptian smileys :D )

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #279 on: May 25, 2020, 12:50:11 PM »
OK, here's another one at long last:

With hey and wind and ho I come,
I build a bridge when joined with sun,
I nurture growing wheat and tree,
And in cold frost I am not me,
There's lots of me all round the wide world, and yet -
One of me only a monarch can get
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #280 on: July 03, 2020, 07:25:26 PM »
Oops, I'd forgotten about this.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #281 on: July 03, 2020, 07:32:34 PM »
Oh yeah
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #282 on: July 03, 2020, 07:53:22 PM »
Glaurung's answer is correct :)

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #283 on: July 08, 2020, 07:44:44 PM »
Glaurung's turn!

This is probably another reason I held off, because (as usual) I have no idea what riddle to post. It's open for anyone who wants it, I think.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #284 on: July 27, 2020, 10:49:54 PM »
My first is in your head, then curved blade follows,
I defy the clouded sky, on limbs, in hollows,
I just hang on a little while,
Pointing to where I must go,
From fence and branch and bar and stile,
If you know my name, then tell me so!
The duke, the wanderer, the philosopher, the mariner, the warrior, the strategist, the storyteller, the wizard, the wayfarer...