Lorick: Riddles and Lore
Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature?
Try this Lorick on for size:
A tempestuous prince was misled
by incestuous king, hast'ly wed
there's a ghost, and a play,
and soliloquies fey...
in the end, nearly everyone's dead!
Hint: his father ghosted him.
Answer: Hamlet! Get it?
Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time!
If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen!
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 235
- Years Active
- 2025
0140: Solving Lorick #13 and Introducing Lorick #14: I created a source of safe drink
Wherein we solve the mystery of Lorick #13:
I'm a genius and pawn of a king
I craft and invent any thing
my king became cuckold
when his queen I enabled
and I'm famed for my prisons and wings
And unveil Lo…
0131: Clue for Lorick #13, Im a genius and pawn of a king
Does Lorick #13 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
I'm a genius and pawn of a king
I craft and invent any thing
my king became cuckold
when his queen I enabled
and I'm famed for my prisons and wings
Hint…
0130: Lorick #13, Im a genius and pawn of a king
Wherein we unveil Lorick #13:
I'm a genius and pawn of a king
I craft and invent any thing
my king became cuckold
when his queen I enabled
and I'm famed for my prisons and wings
What secret does this Loric…
0125: Solving Lorick #12 and End-of-Week Thoughts
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #12:
A mercurial non-haberdasher
Speaks a riddle that's lacking an answer
There's a mouse that is sleeping
And something is steeping
All the madn…
0121: Clue for Lorick #12, A mercurial nonhaberdasher
Does Lorick #12 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
A mercurial non-haberdasher
Speaks a riddle that's lacking an answer
There's a mouse that is sleeping
And something is steeping
All the madness f…
0120: Solving Lorick #11 and Introducing Lorick #12: A mercurial nonhaberdasher
Wherein we solve the mystery of Lorick #11:
an oracular god did direct
my coracular form to erect
with genetics I'm filled
and I float with a will
While the world of the sinful is wrecked
And unveil Lorick…
0111: Clue for Lorick #11, an oracular god did direct
Does Lorick #11 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
an oracular god did direct
my coracular form to erect
with genetics I'm filled
and I float with a will
While the world of the sinful is wrecked
0110: Solving Lorick #10 and Introducing Lorick #11: an oracular god did direct
Wherein we solve the mystery of Loric #10:
not a step will I cede; I will stand
with me staff on the bridge I command
we engage in a sport
of oaken retorts
in the end, 'e is drenched by me hand!
A…
0101: Clue for Lorick #10, not a step will I cede I will stand
Does Lorick #10 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
not a step will I cede; I will stand
with me staff on the bridge I command
we engage in a sport
of oaken retorts
in the end, 'e is drenched by me…
0100: Lorick #10, not a step will I cede I will stand
Wherein we unveil Lorick #10:
not a step will I cede; I will stand
with me staff on the bridge I command
we engage in a sport
of oaken retorts
in the end, 'e is drenched by me hand!
What secret do…
0095: Solving Lorick #9 and End-of-Week Thoughts
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #9:
I'm an exile like my father before
an explorer of cold icy shores
I'm a marketing pro,
who can smartly sell snow,
but my son, to his credit, …
0091: Clue for Lorick #9, Im an exile like my father before
Does Lorick #9 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
I'm an exile like my father before
an explorer of cold icy shores
I'm a marketing pro,
who can smartly sell snow,
but my son, to his credit, did m…
0090: Solving Lorick #8 and Introducing Lorick #9: Im an exile like my father before
Wherein we solve the mystery of Loric #8:
Shall I boast of my caliber: fey?
I was found in a lake, so they say
I'm a excellent sword
in the hand of me lord
though me sheathe is worth more in a fray!
…
0081: Clue for Lorick #8, Shall I boast of my caliber fey
Does Lorick #8 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
Shall I boast of my caliber: fey?
I was found in a lake, so they say
I'm a excellent sword
in the hand of me lord
though me sheathe is worth more …
0080: Solving Lorick #7 and Introducing Lorick #8: Shall I boast of my caliber fey
Wherein we solve the mystery of Loric #7:
Buried too soon, in androgyny
Replaced by Ay, through mutiny
ambition's martyr
found by a Carter
My curse the price of blasphemy
And unveil Lorick #8
Sha…
0071: Clue for Lorick #7, Buried too soon in androgyny
Does Lorick #7 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
Buried too soon, in androgyny
Replaced by Ay, through mutiny
ambition's martyr
found by a Carter
My curse the price of blasphemy
Hint:
You might…
0070: Lorick #7, Buried too soon in androgyny
Wherein we unveil Lorick #7:
Buried too soon, in androgyny
Replaced by Ay, through mutiny
ambition's martyr
found by a Carter
My curse the price of blasphemy
What secret does this Lorick hide?
0065: Solving Lorick #6 and End-of-Week Thoughts
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #6:
Strangely born midst crackling light
A living thinking feeling wight
In hubris born
Of pity shorn
Cruelly pursued through frozen night
0061: Clue for Lorick #6, Strangely born midst crackling light
Does Lorick #6 still bedevil you? Here it is again:
Strangely born midst crackling light
A living thinking feeling wight
In hubris born
Of pity shorn
Cruelly pursued through frozen night
Hint:
One…
0060: Solving Lorick #5 and Introducing Lorick #6: Strangely born midst crackling light
Wherein we solve the mystery of Lorick #5:
In a field where the past speaks through stone,
Most stand tall but a few have gone prone.
A great circle they keep,
mystic power they seep,
With their purpose f…