WitchOfDoubt Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Born of the earth, Esteemed second daughter, My belly of fire Was pierced by the water. Edited January 9, 2012 by WitchOfDoubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Dragons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 persephone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Not quite, but good tries. Edited January 9, 2012 by WitchOfDoubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 a volcano? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thalia: Not quite! I recommend focusing on the last two lines; I am beginning to think that the first was a stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Is it Earth's Mantle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) Selene. Luna. The moon. Edited January 9, 2012 by Molly Mae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted January 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Unicorn: Not what I had in mind, but it kind of works. Molly Mae: Not what I had in mind; can you please explain your reasoning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Unicorn: Not what I had in mind, but it kind of works. Molly Mae: Not what I had in mind; can you please explain your reasoning? Sure thing. (Spoiler title is a Dalek reference...) Born of the earth, Esteemed second daughter, My belly of fire Was pierced by the water. The first line indicates that the subject of the riddle is made by man (Selene as a goddess or as a vessel fit this line. The second line again fits doubly, as Selene the goddess was the second daughter of Hyperion and Theia (Selene is the younger sister of Helios, the Sun). The lunar orbiter is the second lunar orbiter from Japan. Lines three and four regard the orbiter, referring primarily to its standard method of propulsion and that it was crashed into the moon (ka-boom!) in the same fashion as LCROSS (which discovered water on the moon). Edited January 11, 2012 by Molly Mae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) a geyser?????????????????? is it Edited January 11, 2012 by Lottie T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Molly Mae: Excellently reasoned! I will accept this alternate answer. Lottie T: I see your logic, but what about the "second daughter" line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Titanic, second of three sister ships, sank on her "maiden" voyage having her hull (belly where engineworks are) pierced by ice. Good riddle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Shakeepuddn: Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Born of the earth,
Esteemed second daughter,
My belly of fire
Was pierced by the water.
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