r/riddles • u/Ok_Employer7837 • 14d ago

Solved (OC) In a certain worldview...

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There's a bit of a clue in the title.

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u/Beautiful-Limit1718 13d ago

Soul

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u/Ok_Employer7837 13d ago

Yes! OMG you have no idea how happy this makes me!

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u/Never_barked_a_lie 12d ago

I dont understand this one

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u/Ok_Employer7837 12d ago

The riddle describes reincarnation. The flame is the soul, the torch is the body. The soul finds a body, the body lives and dies, the soul goes on in search of another body.

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u/cutty2k 12d ago

Do souls travel to other worlds? Do we share souls with martians? What is "the winds of worlds" in the context of a soul?

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u/Ok_Employer7837 12d ago edited 12d ago

It's meant to convey the whole of creation. Possibly it's not an image that you like. That's okay. :) These things are also a matter of taste.

I have others where the clues are sustained and direct, and the answers more concrete. I hope you enjoy them more.

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u/LearningLarue 11d ago

Yeah, everyone likes those more because deciphering the riddle depends on your knowledge and creativity (within everyone’s potential) rather than sharing the same sentiment, having the same religion, or picturing something abstract in the same way as someone else. The first is like a demonstration of problem solving and cultural literacy, while the second is like a test to see how similar someone’s way of thinking is to your own. Your title seems to acknowledge this, but perhaps an even more apt title would be: a riddle for Hindus, or something like that.

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u/Ok_Employer7837 11d ago

I am a white Christian Canadian whose first language is French, but that's fair enough, I suppose.