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
- 237
- Years Active
- 2025
0661: Clue #66, My pursuit of the monster is logical
Does Lorick #66 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
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 naught bu…
0660: #65 solved, and Lorick #66 My pursuit of the monster is logical
Lorick #65:
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 naught but a barnacle!
But first, we solve #…
0651: Clue #65, I'm a mystery under the blue
Does Lorick #65 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
I'm a mystery under the blue
the key to my lock known to few
highlanders roam
near my watery home
if a monster - that judgement's on you!
Hint:
a…
0650: #64 solved, and Lorick #65 I'm a mystery under the blue
Lorick #64:
I'm a mystery under the blue
the key to my lock known to few
highlanders roam
near my watery home
if a monster - that judgement's on you!
But first, we solve #65 - here it is one last ti…
0641: Clue #64, It's Yahweh or the highway I guess
Does Lorick #64 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
It's Yahweh or the highway I guess
A prophet delivers or else!
I refused and was eaten;
but repented... I'm beaten!
I rue my grim warning's success!
…
0640: Lorick #64, It's Yahweh or the highway I guess
Lorick #64, to confound and confusticate!
It's Yahweh or the highway I guess
A prophet delivers or else!
I refused and was eaten;
but repented... I'm beaten!
I rue my grim warning's success!
0635: #63 solved; Week 021 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsi
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #63:
I like floods- give me water to grow
give me beasts- they're a help when you sow
I made cities a thing
and the hunt felt my sting
did I he…
0631: Clue #63, I like floods- give me water to grow
Does Lorick #63 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
I like floods- give me water to grow
give me beasts- they're a help when you sow
I made cities a thing
and the hunt felt my sting
was I good for man…
0630: #62 solved, and Lorick #63 I like floods- give me water to grow
Lorick #62:
I like floods- give me water to grow
give me beasts- they're a help when you sow
I made cities a thing
and the hunt felt my sting
was I good for mankind? some say no!
But first, we solv…
0621: Clue #62, A decree on behalf of a king
Does Lorick #62 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
A decree on behalf of a king:
a bilingual/trilingual thing -
of a fame most despotic,
makes its claims in demotic -
hierophantical decoder ring!
Hi…
0620: #61 solved, and Lorick #62 A decree on behalf of a king
Lorick #61:
A decree on behalf of a king:
a bilingual/trilingual thing -
of a fame most despotic,
makes its claims in demotic -
hierophantical decoder ring!
But first, we solve #62 - here it is one…
0611: Clue #61, His rule was above the median
Does Lorick #61 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
His rule was above the median
Precursor to powers more grecian
The first to be "greated",
his conquests were fated!
Freeing people: a clever exp…
0610: Lorick #61, His rule was above the median'
Lorick #61, to confound and confusticate!
His rule was above the median
Precursor to powers more grecian
The first to be "greated",
his conquests were fated!
Freeing people: a clever expedient.
0605: #60 solved; Week 020 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #60:
Look for me off the Cape of Good Hope -
hear the creak of my timbers and ropes!
I sail without wind
my crew may have sinned...
and my cu…
0601: Clue #60, Look for me off the Cape of Good Hope
Does Lorick #60 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
Look for me off the Cape of Good Hope -
hear the creak of my timbers and ropes!
I sail without wind
my crew may have sinned...
and my curse has …
0600: #59 solved, and Lorick #60 Look for me off the Cape of Good Hope
Lorick #59:
Look for me off the Cape of Good Hope -
hear the creak of my timbers and ropes!
I sail without wind
my crew may have sinned...
and my curse has a - forever - scope!
But first, we so…
0591: Clue #59, Eldritch horrors I keep but don't speak
Does Lorick #59 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
Eldritch horrors I keep but don't speak;
Look out! I break brains - strong or weak!
Broke my mad author's mind
I hold cosmic designs
Beware if m…
0590: #58 solved, and Lorick #59 Eldritch horrors I keep but don't speak
Lorick #58:
Eldritch horrors I keep but don't speak;
Look out! I break brains - strong or weak!
Broke my mad author's mind
I hold cosmic designs
Beware if my power you seek!
But first, we solve #59…
0581: Clue #58, Sure, I'm twisted and ugly and hairy
Does Lorick #58 bedevil you? Read it... and weep!
Sure, I'm twisted and ugly and hairy
but my power comes straight out of faery!
If it's wishes you want
I'm your hand, I'm your haunt
Just beware…
0580: Lorick #58, Sure, I'm twisted and ugly and hairy
Lorick #58, to confound and confusticate!
Sure, I'm twisted and ugly and hairy
but my power comes straight out of faery!
If it's wishes you want
I'm your hand, I'm your haunt
Just beware what yo…