If you like riddles...

[chaeotica]

Riddle 1:
Like blood I am, across the lands,
But touching me stains not your hands.
Beware my poison, though I've no sting:
Else Morpheus' gift to you, I'll bring.


Riddle 2:
I am the long-fingered weaver,
My spindle forever is lost.
My weavings are always the finest;
You'd not buy them, regardless of cost.
When I'm beautiful, I am quite deadly;
When ugly, I am harmless.
My parlor is always wide open,
Your parlor you'd rather I miss.


Riddle 3:
Two brothers sat in darkness deep,
One high, the other low;
Twins by birth, so far apart
But closer did they grow.
A hundred years, a hundred more,
The brothers never stopped:
The one above reached ever down;
The one below reached up.
They grew and reached, these brothers two,
And now the two are one;
Answer me but what they were,
And then this riddle's done.


I await your answers!

Comments

[artemidora.livejournal.com]

1. My guess is sunset, but I'm not at all certain of it. It makes sense with the first, second, and fourth lines, but not particularly the third. So we'll just call this one a miss, shall we?

2. A spider.

3. A stalactite and a stalagmite!

Ada-chan's smart!

[chaeotica]

Right on 2 and 3. From what I've seen, #1 is the hardest. Which I find weird, 'cause I thought it was the most obvious. Ah well.

[dawning-star.livejournal.com]

2. A spider?

The others, I have no idea.

Good job!

[chaeotica]

#2 is correct! LinaLoki's still stuck on that one. *smirk*

Re: Good job!

[dawning-star.livejournal.com]

The parlor was a dead giveaway. ;)

Re: Good job!

[chaeotica]

This is what you get when random bits of poetry and Greek mythology meet in a sleep-deprived brain.

Since #1 still hasn't been answered...

[decembrerose.livejournal.com]

Red poppies. I have The Wizard of Oz on the brain. It doesn't seem all that obvious so I'm guessing it isn't the answer you have in mind, but it does fit all the criteria.

*Confetti Showers*

[chaeotica]

Ding!

Considering I was extremely sleep deprived when I wrote it, I probably had The Wizard of Oz on my brain, too.

Awesome!

[decembrerose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kept thinking of red sunsets at first, but everyone here at school has been commenting on the college's official beauty pageant going on today--you know, one of the small ones that eventually leads up to the Miss Alabama one. The new director started incorporating a theme: The Wizard of Oz except she's using songs from Wicked (the new-ish Broadway musical) and, um, I forget the name of the black version of The Wizard of Oz. It all sounds terrifying to me, especially since the opening number is "No One Mourns the Wicked." Poor Pecan is stuck there doing tech and wincing as some girl sings "Amazing Grace" off-key.

[linaloki.livejournal.com]

Actually, I figured it out the day you showed it to me. I was just in a hurry, so I didn't have time to think. Greek Mythology, no?

And these are a breeze. ^_^ But they've all been answered, so...

1. Poppy
2. Spider
3. Stalagtite and stalagmite.

Spelling

[chaeotica]

Stalactite, Sean. Not stalagtite.

Re: Spelling

[linaloki.livejournal.com]

:P