TODAY, I WILL SHARE TO YOU TWO VERY UNIQUE BUT LOVELY RIDDLES. ONE IS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE OTHER ONE IS FROM THE GENIUS IN FAIRY TALES, I AM REFERRING TO THE GRIMM BROTHERS.
IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN,THE GRIMM BROTHERS LIVE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. BUT THEIR FAIRY TALES STILL EXIST TODAY LOVE BY KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SAMSON'S RIDDLE FOUND IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES WAS APPROXIMATELY WRITTEN BETWEEN 1045-1000 BC. VERY FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
FOR THIS PURPOSE, I BRING TO LIFE SAMSON'S RIDDLE.
JUDGES 14:14 - "OUT OF THE EATER CAME FORTH MEAT, AND OUT OF THE STRONG CAME FORTH SWEETNESS".
LIKE ANY RIDDLES,NO ONE KNOWS THE ANSWERS AND THEY WILL NEVER KNEW IT UNLESS IT IS REVEALED BY THE ONE WHO MADE IT.
RAMPELSTILTSKIN MADE A MISTAKE WHEN HE ANNOUNCES HIS NAME IN THE DEEP FOREST THINKING NO ONE IS THERE EXCEPT HIM.
WHILE SAMSON, GIVE IN TO THE REQUEST OF HIS WIFE. THEN HIS WIFE TOLD THE ANSWER TO THE YOUNG MEN. - WHAT IS SWEETER THAN HONEY? AND WHAT STRONGER THAN LION?. THE YOUNG MEN KNEW THAT THE HONEY AND THE LION IS THE ANSWER TO SAMSON'S RIDDLE. WITHOUT OUTSIDE HELP THE YOUNG MEN WILL NOT FIGURE IT OUT.
BOTH RIDDLES HAVE MORALS, IT IS UP TO YOU MY DEAR READERS TO DISCERN.
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