Riddle

A riddle can be classed as a statement with a solution. This solution, however, need not be logical. Solving riddles usually involve thinking about the question and putting it into context.

Riddle Media

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  Tree of the year – a Faroese stamp depicting a traditional Faroese version of the year-riddle.

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  Attic red-figure pelike, Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx and frees Thebes, by the Achilleus painter, 450–440 BC, Altes Museum Berlin (13718779634)

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  The Exeter Book: the principal manuscript of medieval Germanic-language riddles.

Other websites

• Anglo-Saxon riddles
• riddles for adults-interesting and challenging riddles for adults