In ancient times, the riddle had a cultic meaning. It was associated with beliefs and rituals, transmission of traditions, sacred knowledge and religious secrets. After all, the essence of the riddle is an allegorical description of objects, events or phenomena, depicting them through something else that has a similarity (sometimes very remote). Riddles were used in initiation practices - initiation ceremonies during the transition from one age or social status to another. With their help they checked if an examinee was able to understand the worldview of ancestors. A candidate who failed to understand them could be postponed the new status for a certain period of time or even expelled from the tribe or clan. An echo of this is the custom preserved in some places at weddings to allow the groom to sit next to the bride only after he had guessed the riddles offered to him. We have tried to collect the iconic riddles in one place  https://riddlesbest.com/

Posted August 2, 2021 09:58