Flytting 1

[whose_son_am_i]

Sender: Loki of Asgard
To: Everyone
Subject: Introduction and a Riddle

It seems a popular way to test and get used to this journal is to do a proper introduction. I am Loki of Asgard. As might be surmised, I am newly arrived--though I find this place intriguing and curious so far. I think I'll have fun here.

I could go on, but instead, I have a riddle for you all.

My head was forged / by hammer's hit,
pricked by a point / and polished by files.
What comes before me, / I frequently eat.
With rings adorned / I doth strike,
hard against hard, / a hole in my back.
Shoved forth / I shall defend
my master's money / amidst the night.
Sometimes I spin / my skull backwards,
when my lord wants me / - the warden of his wealth -
to hand him the treasures / of hundreds of heroes
he killed in battle / to capture their gold.

I look forward to hearing your answers.

Comments

[menaretrash]

I've been okay, thank you! I've actually bumped into a few familiar faces -- two from home, one from my last home away from home. Not any kind of weapon, huh?

[ Well, shit. She's good at shooting things and beating the crap out of shadows and monarchs and palace rulers, but this sorta thing... she can't even call upon the mystical powers of the internet for help here either, dammit. ]

Is it a wind up doll? (I already know I'm wrong, I'm sorry :( )

[whose_son_am_i]

You don't need to apologize. When a riddle is not given as part of a challenge or contest, the point is not necessarily to be 'right' or 'wrong', but to think creatively.

It is not a wind-up doll. This is a very ancient riddle, well before the time of wind-up creations.