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The Sphinx: The Riddler of Thebes
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The Sphinx: The Riddler of Thebes

She has the face of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. She sits outside the city, asking a simple question. Answer correctly, and you pass. Answer incorrectly, and she eats you.

2026-01-16
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2 min read
greek-mythologyegyptian-mythologyriddles+2
Vetala: The Corpse in the Tree
monsters and myths

Vetala: The Corpse in the Tree

It hangs upside down like a bat in the cremation grounds. It is a spirit that possesses the dead to torment the living with riddles.

2026-01-16
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2 min read
hindu-mythologyvampiresriddles+2

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