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! E'en subscribe! If you dare...

1031: Clue #103, An infallible prophetess weaving

Does Lorick #103 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! An infallible prophetess weaving Prognoses that none are believing of horses and cities and a girl that's too pretty All ignored - and it's SO aggrieving! Hint: I'm not to be confused with Chicken Little. I'm right!

09-16
00:44

1030: Lorick #103, An infallible prophetess weaving

Lorick #103, to confound and confusticate! An infallible prophetess weaving Prognoses that none are believing of horses and cities and a girl that's too pretty All ignored - and it's SO aggrieving!

09-15
01:32

1025: #102 solved; Week 034 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #102: I'm a hero, by which I mean strong; I'm amazed! ...and confuse right from wrong. I killed a bull dead and was saved by a thread; and my list of debacles is long!

09-14
10:29

1325: #132 solved; Week 044 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #132: he's a rebel who's hidden at birth and he grew to be greatest of jerks a philandering sort oddly shaped to disport making heros of dubious worth

11-23
12:05

1321: Clue #132, he's a rebel who's hidden at birth

Does Lorick #132 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he's a rebel who's hidden at birth and he grew to be greatest of jerks a philandering sort oddly shaped to disport making heros of dubious worth Hint: he led, with great bolts, a mythic revolt!

11-22
00:44

1320: #131 solved, and Lorick #132 he's a rebel who's hidden at birth

Lorick #131: he's a rebel who's hidden at birth and he grew to be greatest of jerks a philandering sort oddly shaped to disport making heros of dubious worth But first, we solve #132 - here it is one last time: with merit in marshals to form square and misinformation as warfare my rise is electric my policies, metric conniving in exile: one more dare!

11-21
06:07

1311: Clue #131, with merit in marshals to form square

Does Lorick #131 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! with merit in marshals to form square and misinformation as warfare my rise is electric my policies, metric conniving in exile: one more dare! Hint: I'm weak when on islands... but wreak ruin on continents

11-20
00:46

1310: #130 solved, and Lorick #131 with merit in marshals to form square

Lorick #130: with merit in marshals to form square and misinformation as warfare my rise is electric my policies, metric conniving in exile: one more dare! But first, we solve #131 - here it is one last time: A late bloomer who ran from the heat returned when his god thought it meet. This adopted newborn fought a sorcerous war; a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.

11-19
06:02

1301: Clue #130, A late bloomer who ran from the heat

Does Lorick #130 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A late bloomer who ran from the heat returned when his god thought it meet. This adopted newborn fought a sorcerous war; a savior -- his end? Bittersweet. Hint: the arc of this man is full of commands

11-18
00:47

1300: Lorick #130, A late bloomer who ran from the heat

Lorick #130, to confound and confusticate! A late bloomer who ran from the heat returned when his god thought it meet. This adopted newborn fought a sorcerous war; a savior -- his end? Bittersweet.

11-17
01:35

1295: #129 solved; Week 043 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #129: two boys, both beat from one drum contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs! they dance and they rattle - engendering battle - and profess a red king solipsis-um!

11-16
09:54

1291: Clue #129, two boys, both beat from one drum

Does Lorick #129 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! two boys, both beat from one drum contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs! they dance and they rattle - engendering battle - and profess a red king solipsis-idum! Hint: from nurs'ry to carroll they rhyme

11-15
00:43

1290: #128 solved, and Lorick #129 two boys, both beat from one drum

Lorick #128: two boys, both beat from one drum contrariwise... their beats differ by crumbs! they dance and they rattle - engendering battle - and profess a red king solipsis-idum! But first, we solve #129 - here it is one last time: the sixth of the eighth seemed insane... his memories lost, split in twain by a sudden exchange wealth both gained and estranged lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign!

11-14
05:29

1281: Clue #128, the sixth of the eighth seemed insane

Does Lorick #128 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the sixth of the eighth seemed insane... his memories lost, split in twain by a sudden exchange wealth both gained and estranged lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign! Hint:

11-13
00:54

1280: #127 solved, and Lorick #128 the sixth of the eighth seemed insane

Lorick #127: the sixth of the eighth seemed insane... his memories lost, split in twain by a sudden exchange wealth both gained and estranged lessons learned, both returned -- one to reign! But first, we solve #128 - here it is one last time: the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer an inmate long held.. for what error? when kings get their way by lettres de cachet caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror...

11-12
07:54

1271: Clue #127, the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer

Does Lorick #127 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer an inmate long held.. for what error? when kings get their way by lettres de cachet caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror... Hint: thirty-four years in a cage in a cage and then died... of old age?

11-11
00:55

1270: Lorick #127, the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer

Lorick #127, to confound and confusticate! the mask hides a mystr'y - its bearer an inmate long held.. for what error? when kings get their way by lettres de cachet caprice breeds its *own* kind of terror...

11-10
01:45

1265: #126 solved; Week 042 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #126: the first time i tried it i knew with the air all around me time flew i'm a bucker of trends ...since I hung with the men where I died? no one knows... in the blue...

11-09
11:07

1261: Clue #126, the first time i tried it i knew

Does Lorick #126 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! the first time i tried it i knew with the air all around me time flew i'm a bucker of trends ...since I hung with the men where I died? no one knows... in the blue... Hint: I've been missing a while... check the sea... near an isle...

11-08
00:44

1260: #125 solved, and Lorick #126 the first time i tried it i knew

Lorick #125: the first time i tried it i knew with the air all around me time flew i'm a bucker of trends ...since I hung with the men where I died? no one knows... in the blue... But first, we solve #126 - here it is one last time: the son of the morning, perhaps at first not the worst - 'til he snaps not quite best of the best by which, later, distressed once good, and then bad... then: collapse

11-07
06:32

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