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Puzzling Asked by jmbmage on May 2, 2021

Upon entering the labyrinth, the hero, you, was greeted by a gate. The gate is next to a waterfall where the contents of one pool flow into the next pool.

The gate was still until your approach, and then it stirred. "You must tell me the answer to my riddle for which I gives three clues, each with a key to the clue. Putting all the clues together will give you another riddle and the answer of that riddle is what will open me."

Key of the swimmer with no bones

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Key of the tile face

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Key of the marriage

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Hint:

Hint 2:

Taken from @Alconja’s answer below, don’t read if you want to solve the riddle yourself.

I apologize if this was too difficult, that is what I intended.

5 Answers

The riddles were revealed long ago but never put together properly Revisiting this riddle it combines a little funny. I must of been feeling mean that day I wrote it

Answer?

Correct answer by jmbmage on May 2, 2021

Partial answer

What this reminds me of is a type of code I once saw in a book, in which

This theory is supported by the references in the hint to

(An alternative possibility, which occurred to me after seeing the title, is probably less likely:

Now how about those titles for the three parts of the puzzle? Well, I think

Going with my initial idea for what sort of code is being used, these clues might be meant to encipher

The only issue remaining, then, is

Answered by Rand al'Thor on May 2, 2021

Partial Answer:

Let's start with a quote:

Decoding First Clue:

2nd Clue:

So the riddle itself is:

To me this suggests the answer is:

Because:

However...

Answered by Dark Matter on May 2, 2021

Partial answer...

If we interpreter each key as a:

We can see, 'swimmer with no bones' refers to

'Tile face' gives us

And 'marriage'

Applying these to their respective word lists we can see the following messages:

This still doesn't do anything with the hints (e.g. "be considerate to your ancestors and rank before you use the keys"), but I think it's on the right track...

Answered by Alconja on May 2, 2021

My attempt at solving the second part of the riddle as found by @Alconja

These hints could point to


My second attempt at solving the second part of the riddle as found by @Alconja

These hints could point to

Answered by Joe Derksen on May 2, 2021

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