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The riddles They are a type of riddles in the form of a statement, usually rhymed, that describes something in an indirect, figurative or cryptic way so that the listener can decipher what it is about. For this, the statement contains clues and hidden signals whose recomposition gives the key to solve the enigma.
Although there is no formal structure for this word game, the meter of riddles in Spanish is usually composed of octosyllabic lines, with stanzas of two or four lines and assonance or consonant rhymes.
Riddles are generally aimed at children, so they usually deal with simple objects. There are also riddles for adults, with hints of double meaning.
See also:
- Jokes
- Highs
- Tongue twister
The origin of the riddles
The origin of the riddles is unknown, but the mythology of ancient civilizations is rich in riddles and riddles. For example, the famous Oedipus Sphinx (a fantastic animal with the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle), which guarded the entrance to the city of Thebes, would give each passerby a riddle and, if he failed in his answer , devoured it.
The riddle, which Oedipus answered and liberated the city, was as follows: What is the living being that walks on all fours at dawn, on two legs at noon and on three at sunset? And Oedipus' response was: The man, because in his childhood he crawls, during his life he walks and in old age he leans on a cane to walk.
Examples of difficult riddles
- What is it that iron rusts in its wake, steel breaks and meat rots?
Answer: Time.
- What is it, that they make it singing, they buy it crying and use it without knowing?
Answer: The coffin.
- It goes from wall to wall, but it is always wet.
Answer: The tongue.
- In the sea I do not get wet, in the embers I do not burn, in the air I do not fall and you have me on your lips. That I am?
Answer: The letter A.
- My comadre scared her, screams in the ravine.
Answer: The shotgun.
- What whistles without lips, runs without feet, hits you on the back and you still don't see it?
Answer: The wind.
- Who is something and nothing at the same time?
Answer: The fish.
- A plate of hazelnuts that are harvested during the day and scattered at night.
Answer: The stars.
- What is it that goes around all day and never leaves your site?
Answer: The clock.
- Tall, tall as a pine tree, he weighs less than a cumin.
Answer: The smoke.
- A white box like lime, everyone knows how to open it, nobody knows how to close it.
Answer: The egg.
- They all go through me, I never go through anyone. Everyone asks about me, I don't ask about anyone.
Answer: The street.
- Tulle, but it is not fabric; bread but not eaten. What is it?
Answer: The tulip.
- What animal keeps circling after death?
Answer: The roast chicken.
- What is it, what is it, that the more you take away the bigger it is?
Answer: The hole.
- Maria goes, Maria comes, and at one point she stops.
Answer: The door.
- There is a holy woman who with only one tooth called people.
Answer: The bell.
- If I am young, I'll stay young. If I'm old, I remain old. I have a mouth but I don't speak, I have eyes but I don't see. That I am?
Answer: Photography.
- It is the size of a walnut, it always climbs the slope even if it has no feet. Without leaving his house, he passes everywhere and although they always give him cabbage, he never pouts.
Answer: The snail.
- What is it, that the bigger it gets, the less you still see it?
Answer: The darkness.
- One hundred little brothers on a single table, if nobody touches them, nobody speaks.
Answer: The piano.
- What is between the river and the sand?
Answer: The letter Y.
- I went to the hill, I cut a male, I could cut it but not bend it.
Answer: Hair.
- Wool goes up, wool goes down. What will it be?
Answer: The razor.
- They put me on the table, cut me off, use me, but they don't eat me. That I am?
Answer: The napkin.
- When they tie us we go out and when they release us we stay. About us?
Answer: The shoes.
- I have eyes but I can't see, water but I don't drink, and a beard but I don't shave. Who I am?
Answer: The coconut.
- I am born without a father, I die and my mother is being born. Who I am?
Answer: Snow.
- I wrap myself in white cloths, I have white hair and because of me even the best cook cries.
Answer: The onion.
- One hundred nuns in a convent and they all urinate at the same time.
Answer: The tiles.
- Rosa's mother had five daughters: Lala, Lele, Lili, Lolo and what was the name of the last one?
Answer: Rosa.
- I went for him and never brought him.
Answer: The road.
- The donkey carries me, they put me in a trunk, I don't have it but you do.
Answer: The letter U.
- You have it, but others use it.
Answer: The name.
- From the moment I was born, I run during the day, I run at night, I run without stopping, until I die in the sea. Who I am?
Answer: The river.
- I am small as a button, but I have energy like a champion.
Answer: The battery or cell.
- Guess if I tell you that I am black and very fast, even if you run and hide I am your eternal follower.
Answer: The shadow.
- What is white as a leaf and has teeth but does not bite?
Answer: Garlic.
- What is it that if you name it disappears?
Answer: Silence.
- What is a box filled with, if the more you fill it the less it weighs?
Answer: Of holes.
- More examples in: Riddles (and their solutions)
