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Puts on many faces and works with many hands.
Who is himself the best of times and seen by all who can?
— unsolved, bell shape, by shizue

You can swallow me, but I can also swallow you.
— unsolved, fish shape, by unknown

I am part tree. I am part beast.
By tamed hand may your eyes feast. What am I?
— unsolved, round shape, by shizue

I can be everywhere but am blocked by walls.
I can be warm or cold or nothing at all.
— solved, tall shape, by shizue

I'm carried on a stick.
My dress is made of paper. My belly is warm.
Whose face tonight shall my light adorn?
— unsolved, round shape, by shizue

By Sword and Lord thy honor bade,
this code of men who wield the blade.
— unsolved, round shape, by shizue

No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I?
— unsolved, round shape, by unknown

Two to clench but made of five.
— solved, round shape, by unknown

The greatest gift to give though of it you may not know.
Our saddest self yearns for it even when it can't be so.
What mothers give a child, a child learns when old
That to feel this is a gift itself, and in time we must let go.
— unsolved, round shape, by shizue

I lie down when I walk, I lie down when I stand.
I lie down when I sit and I lie down when I sleep.
— unsolved, fish shape, by unknown

A thousand threads, a million strands.
Reaching the water, vanishing all at once.
— solved, bell shape, by unknown

Has no feet, yet it trips. Enjoys its tea but never sips. When it's still, silence falls. Wags like a dog, words enthrall.
— unsolved, bell shape, by shizue

Eats itself twice. Spits itself out.
Comes and goes, high to low.
— solved, bell shape, by shizue

In this place a mother's love you'll earn.
But once you leave you never return.
— unsolved, round shape, by shizue

Governs all, unbeknownst to most.
Being or nonbeing, all things are host.
— unsolved, tear shape, by shizue

Listen closely, water has no sound.
Flowers blossom though the spring has gone.
Birds don't startle when people pass by.
The mountains can't be crossed.
What am I?
— unsolved, tall shape, by shizue

Other Riddles

I'm found in socks, scarves and mittens. I'm found in
the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

Floating forever, I never show my age. My skin, as lustrous as an oyster's treasure. When I'm sad my tears never fall. My eyes are wide as my frown is tall. What am I?

They look like twin brothers, both sturdy and tall. They work together and go everywhere together. But they only go near solid food and do not care for soup. Who are they?

There was one lake and a lotus. lotus doubles its size every day. After 30 days it has covered entire lake. How many days it takes to cover half of the lake?

Green and not green, pure and not pure,
metal before metal, heaven and earth combined.

Puts on many faces and works with many hands.
Who is himself the best of times and seen by all who can?

I am the beginning of everything, yet the end of everywhere. the beginning of eternity, yet the end of time and space, I'm there.

My love blocks the sun; my smile waters the flowers; when my friends come to see me my voice brings everyone inside. What am I?

Married to the forest did my rage bind me, yielding not an
ilm to the tide nor those who needed it more than I. Who am I?

Distinct halves dance around, sun and
moon swallowed in the eye of the opposing storm.

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.
Who Am I?

My name is the light that breaks through the sky. It reaches me sometimes where I like to hide. Though I am the largest of my kind I'm not always easy to sea.

Silent with no paws, silent with slow paws,
silent with two paws, a blur with four paws.

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