Lorick: Riddles and Lore

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #156: I'm polluted by mad filicide I cheat death, I make sons... wear a hide! Giants? I kill them. Pillars? I build them. I'm too strong for this world! - Deified.

Does Lorick #156 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm polluted by mad filicide I cheat death, I make sons... wear a hide! Giants? I kill them. Pillars? I build them. I'm too strong for this world! - Deified. Hint: A promethean saviour, I'm known for my labour

Lorick #155: I'm polluted by mad filicide I cheat death, I make sons... wear a hide! Giants? I kill them. Pillars? I build them. I'm too strong for this world! - Deified. But first, we solve #156 - here it is one last time: The fruit of industrialisation: subjugation and appropriation! Class-based antagonisms... Erase nationalisms! UNITE! And throw off exploitation!

Does Lorick #155 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! The fruit of industrialisation: subjugation and appropriation! Class-based antagonisms... Erase nationalisms! UNITE! And throw off exploitation! Hint: A spectre is haunting Europe

Lorick #154: The fruit of industrialisation: subjugation and appropriation! Class-based antagonisms... Erase nationalisms! UNITE! And throw off exploitation! But first, we solve #155 - here it is one last time: I've done a miraculous thing! Not suspicious at all, it would seem! My son's a big deal (even though a third wheel!) and my partner deferred to the King!

Does Lorick #154 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I've done a miraculous thing! Not suspicious at all, it would seem! My son's a big deal (even though a third wheel!) and my partner deferred to the King! Hint: I don't say a lot but my aid's oft besought

Lorick #154, to confound and confusticate! I've done a miraculous thing! Not suspicious at all, it would seem! My son's a big deal (even though a third wheel!) and my partner deferred to the King!

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #153: a carpenter, thatcher, and mason of the three, two were murderously chastened but their big wily foe, when it had a third go, learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened

Does Lorick #153 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a carpenter, thatcher, and mason of the three, two were murderously chastened but their big wily foe, when it had a third go, learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened Hint: a story with structural salience

Lorick #152: a carpenter, thatcher, and mason of the three, two were murderously chastened but their big wily foe, when it had a third go, learned too late 'twas its own death it hastened But first, we solve #153 - here it is one last time: he's a guardian who never asks why ...likes a bone and a nice lullaby he has multiple heads; keeps the live from the dead... his a labour not many would try!

Does Lorick #152 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he's a guardian who never asks why ...likes a bone and a nice lullaby he has multiple heads; keeps the live from the dead... his a labour not many would try! Hint: steady there... who's a good boy?

Lorick #151: he's a guardian who never asks why ...likes a bone and a nice lullaby he has multiple heads; keeps the live from the dead... his a labour not many would try! But first, we solve #152 - here it is one last time: every lifespan's a treasure one we'll stretch and then measure - weird judges, we three that live by THE tree - without malice dispensing displeasure

Does Lorick #151 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! every lifespan's a treasure one we'll stretch and then measure - weird judges, we three that live by THE tree - without malice dispensing displeasure Hint: we are not what you seek if you think we are Greek

Lorick #151, to confound and confusticate! every lifespan's a treasure one we'll stretch and then measure - weird judges, we three that live by THE tree - without malice dispensing displeasure

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #150: my man needs his courage to stick! once begun, we must murder, and quick... but this guilty expression fuels my sanguine obsession - Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch!

Does Lorick #150 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! my man needs his courage to stick! once begun, we must murder, and quick... but this guilty expression fuels my sanguine obsession - Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch! Hint: my tale's full of Scots... and indelible blots!

Lorick #149: my man needs his courage to stick! once begun, we must murder, and quick... but this guilty expression fuels my sanguine obsession - Oh! Beware what's foretold by a witch! But first, we solve #150 - here it is one last time: I'm cheaper to pay than to fight my terror put Romans to flight a warlord, ahorse, an unstoppable force ...'till I died on my own wedding night

Does Lorick #149 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm cheaper to pay than to fight my terror put Romans to flight a warlord, ahorse, an unstoppable force ...'till I died on my own wedding night Hint: My tribal sobriquet? Means nothing, I'd say

Lorick #148: I'm cheaper to pay than to fight my terror put Romans to flight a warlord, ahorse, an unstoppable force ...'till I died on my own wedding night But first, we solve #149 - here it is one last time: By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros! Gave up all in exchange for a promise! _I_, the cause of their strife?! _I_, who should be his wife??!? Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress!

Does Lorick #148 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros! Gave up all in exchange for a promise! _I_, the cause of their strife?! _I_, who should be his wife??!? Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress!

Lorick #148, to confound and confusticate! By Hera! Ensorcelled by Eros! Gave up all in exchange for a promise! _I_, the cause of their strife?! _I_, who should be his wife??!? Beware, fool, this wrongéd enchantress!

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #147: a hero with national favour a sailor, circumnavigator a scourge of the spaniards and knight of the lanyard a killer, a robber, a slaver

Does Lorick #147 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a hero with national favour a sailor, circumnavigator a scourge of the spaniards and knight of the lanyard a killer, a robber, a slaver Hint: a tool of the state... with a queenly mandate

Lorick #146: a hero with national favour a sailor, circumnavigator a scourge of the spaniards and knight of the lanyard a killer, a robber, a slaver But first, we solve #147 - here it is one last time: I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition

Does Lorick #146 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition Hint: I visited, I observed, and I vanquished

Lorick #145: I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition But first, we solve #146 - here it is one last time: who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled

Does Lorick #145 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled Hint: I'm a crook with a hook

Lorick #145, to confound and confusticate! who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #144: I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile!

Does Lorick #144 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! Hint: I spark contagious fears; I'm by shepherds, revered.

Lorick #143: I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! But first, we solve #144 - here it is one last time: A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her

Does Lorick #143 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her Hint: there's a marriage based on mistaken identity

Lorick #142: A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her But first, we solve #143 - here it is one last time: am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute

Does Lorick #142 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute Hint: my kind is called cursed - our rages, dispersed...

Lorick #142, to confound and confusticate! am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute

description: |+ Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #141: an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque!

Does Lorick #141 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! Hint:

Lorick #140: an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! But first, we solve #141 - here it is one last time: a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection

Does Lorick #140 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection Hint: this fabular Greek got a Shavian tweak

Lorick #139: a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection But first, we solve #140 - here it is one last time: take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay!

Does Lorick #139 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay! Hint: its origin, though vague, was cemented in Prague

Lorick #139, to confound and confusticate! take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay!

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #138: a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable

Does Lorick #138 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable Hint: his life, like a nautilus, spins inward... its... ruinous

Lorick #137: a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable But first, we solve #138 - here it is one last time: he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand...

Does Lorick #137 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... Hint: He makes horses and worse...

Lorick #136: he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... But first, we solve #137 - here it is one last time: there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer...

Does Lorick #136 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer... Hint: he's known for his call... and pulpy revival

Lorick #136, to confound and confusticate! there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer...

Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #135: he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who!