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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- Years Active
- 2025
0750: #74 solved, and Lorick #75 Plain enough to behold it is true
Lorick #74:
Plain enough to behold it is true;
it's important how used, and by who.
A container of sorts
-- its pursuit, holy sport!
Over time its repute only grew...
But first, we solve #75 - he…
0741: Clue #74, I speak of a tree on an island
Does Lorick #74 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
I speak of a tree on an island;
Annotated in red by a neat hand.
My three crimson marks
ignite feverish sparks
in brains where desire's green fl…
0740: #73 solved, and Lorick #74 I speak of a tree on an island
Lorick #73:
I speak of a tree on an island;
Annotated in red by a neat hand.
My three crimson marks
ignite feverish sparks
in brains where desire's green flames fan!
But first, we solve #74 - h…
0731: Clue #73, More than once was this woman abducted
Does Lorick #73 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
More than once was this woman abducted
Over seas, from her duty conducted
To a prince, though a wife
came this apple of strife
They were followe…
0730: Lorick #73, More than once was this woman abducted
Lorick #73, to confound and confusticate!
More than once was this woman abducted
Over seas, from her duty conducted
To a prince, though a wife
came this apple of strife
They were followed... his…
0725: #72 solved; Week 024 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsi
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #72:
I'm small and I'm sickly and young
my fate in a balance is hung
I walk with a stick
the youngest of six
and all of us blessed, every one…
0721: Clue #72, I'm small and I'm sickly and young
Does Lorick #72 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
I'm small and I'm sickly and young
my fate in a balance is hung
I walk with a stick
the youngest of six
and all of us blessed, every one!
Hint:
…
0720: #71 solved, and Lorick #72 I'm small and I'm sickly and youn
Lorick #71:
I'm small and I'm sickly and young
my fate in a balance is hung
I walk with a stick
the youngest of six
and all of us blessed, every one!
But first, we solve #72 - here it is one last…
0711: Clue #71, Metallurgy? That's me, I'm a geek
Does Lorick #71 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
Metallurgy? That's me, I'm a geek!
Much much more than a regular Greek
My wife is divine
unfaithful... it's fine...
I'm made fun of -- unless ma…
0710: #70 solved, and Lorick #71 Metallurgy? That's me, I'm a geek
Lorick #70:
Metallurgy? That's me, I'm a geek!
Much much more than a regular Greek
My wife is divine
unfaithful... it's fine...
I'm made fun of -- unless magic they seek
But first, we solve #71 -…
0701: Clue #70, Last and worst of the nomadic horse-lords
Does Lorick #70 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
Last and worst of the nomadic horse-lords;
A shadow, a scourge, a restorer!
My lame sobriquet
forget it - I'm great -
saved the Greek from the T…
0700: Lorick #70, Last and worst of the nomadic horse-lords
Lorick #70, to confound and confusticate!
Last and worst of the nomadic horse-lords;
A shadow, a scourge, a restorer!
My lame sobriquet
forget it - I'm great -
saved the Greek from the Turk... r…
0695: #69 solved; Week 023 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #69:
We founded a dangerous dynasty;
Two brothers - both mothered abnormally!
Our legacy: lengthy,
Our empire: strengthy!
...though captured by…
0691: Clue #69, We founded a dangerous dynasty
Does Lorick #69 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
We founded a dangerous dynasty;
Two brothers - both mothered abnormally!
Our legacy: lengthy,
Our empire: strengthy!
...though captured by mono-…
0690: #68 solved, and Lorick #69 We founded a dangerous dynasty
Lorick #68:
We founded a dangerous dynasty;
Two brothers - both mothered abnormally!
Our legacy: lengthy,
Our empire: strengthy!
...though captured by mono-theology.
But first, we solve #69 - h…
0681: Clue #68, I'm a king, I'm a spook, I'm a play
Does Lorick #68 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
I'm a king, I'm a spook, I'm a play
and my son is a kook many say
My wife? disappointing -
My brother? anointing -
Come, thou horrible reckonin…
0680: #67 solved, and Lorick #68 I'm a king, I'm a spook, I'm a play
Lorick #67:
I'm a king, I'm a spook, I'm a play
and my son is a kook many say
My wife? disappointing -
My brother? anointing -
Come, thou horrible reckoning day!
But first, we solve #68 - here…
0671: Clue #67, I'm an animal man - see my sheep herd
Does Lorick #67 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
I'm an animal man - see my sheep herd!
Bro and I, neither each other's keeper...
My lambs are accepted,
I'm highly respected,
Second-born, firs…
0670: Lorick #67, I'm an animal man - see my sheep herd
Lorick #67, to confound and confusticate!
I'm an animal man - see my sheep herd!
Bro and I, neither each other's keeper...
My lambs are accepted,
I'm highly respected,
Second-born, first to fall.…
0665: #66 solved; Week 022 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #66:
My pursuit of the monster is logical
and my logic is monomaniacal
broke in body and mind
by the white one of its kind
next to whom I am nau…