This was a fun one for me- did you identify the God?

I am God…name me if you can?

There was a creature of the night- A four footed beast prowling for its prey

She cloaked in thick darkness- A shadowy figure of dual red jewels

Dancing in the black of night-

She spied her scampering pestering prey-Leaped and pawed the puny invader.

Victory rang in the night and she began her procession

Gleaming in delight.

With foe in toll, she placed the booty on her queen’s vanity.

In the morning, came paradoxical screams and praises from the robed queen-

for mus musculus had been caught

by ___  _____________ who now fast asleep-would soon be compensated.

answer in the blank above is -Felis domesticus- which would have gave it away!

My people crowned me and called me __________.  (BASTET- Cat Goddness of Egypt)

 

Answer to last Wednesday’s Poem Riddle:

WAKAN TANKA-THE GREAT SPIRIT

CLUES THAT WERE GIVEN:

1. “I am mystery “To the Sioux Indians regarded the sacred as mystery- and as such undefinable.
2. “I am one but many” The Sioux as well as other Indians in the Plains were more pantheistic
3. The last stanza- the plains shaman serve me– was a give away

Every Wednesday, I will post a riddle-poem. I will attempt to start simple and move to the more complex. The riddle is to name the God described in the poem. Try it- by writing in your answer in the comment slot. I will post the answer next Wednesday when I post the next riddle-poem.

 

I am God…name me if you can?

There was a creature of the night- A four footed beast prowling for its prey

She cloaked in thick darkness- A shadowy figure of dual red jewels

Dancing in the black of night-

She spied her scampering pestering prey-Leaped and pawed the puny invader.

Victory rang in the night and she began her procession

Gleaming in delight.

With foe in toll, she placed the booty on her queen’s vanity.

In the morning, came paradoxical screams and praises from the robed queen-

for mus musculus had been caught

by ______       ______________ who now fast asleep-would soon be compensated.

My people crowned me and called me __________.

Answer to last Wednesday’s Poem Riddle:

JAHWEH

GOD OF THE HEBREWS

CLUES THAT WERE GIVEN:

1. The phrase “I am” is what this God gave to Moses when asked for his name
2. In the Hebrew Bible, Jahweh created humanity out of dust and divine breath

Every Wednesday, I will post a riddle-poem. I will attempt to start simple and move to the more complex. The riddle is to name the God described in the poem. Try it- by writing in your answer in the comment slot. I will post the answer next Wednesday when I post the next riddle-poem.

 New Riddle:

I am God…name me if you can?

            I am a mystery

I am one but many.

The creator, the healer

My people spend no time describing me

They experience me in everything.

Westerners misunderstand me

The plains shaman serve me

My name is __________        _____________

 

Answer to last Wednesday’s Poem Riddle:

MARDUK-SUN GOD

OF THE BABYLONIANS

CLUES THAT WERE GIVEN:

1. “BIRTHED FROM EARTH, HER SHOSEN SON”  Marduk’s mother was Ea or earth.
2. “SHIMMERING FROM EAST TO WEST, , GLIMMERING ON THE GREAT RIVER is a reference to the sun- shinning on the Euphrates River…

Every Wednesday, I will post a riddle-poem. I will attempt to start simple and move to the more complex. The riddle is to name the God described in the poem. Try it- by writing in your answer in the comment slot. I will post the answer next Wednesday when I post the next riddle-poem.

I am God…name me if you can?

            I am who am and that’s all that should matter.

Humanity from dust and my breath

\           The pinnacle of my creation and still they done me wrong.

Yet I eagerly met with them-a covenant to keep.

A burning bush and a name cast Moses to his knees

Yes, the hint is there but what is my name?

If you think you have it- put your answer in the comment!

Every Wednesday, I will post a riddle-poem. I will attempt to start simple and move to the more complex. The riddle is to name the God described in the poem. Try it- by writing in your answer in the comment slot. I will post the answer next Wednesday when I post the second riddle-poem.

Here is the first:

I am God…name me if you can?

I am old, but not the oldest.

Birthed from earth, her chosen son.

 

I am Destroyer-Creator.

Enthroned by battle,

I gathered the four winds

Capturing the sea dragon goddess,

Piercing her with an arrow.

And with her divine blood mixed with dust-

I formed man-a warrior people destined to rule.

 

Shimmering from east to west, on the temple of the holy city,

Glimmering on the great river,

I am _____________________.