riddle

On-Yomi: メイ、ベイ — Kun-Yomi: なぞ

Koohii stories:

1) [mantixen] 16-2-2007(119): Words meant to lead you astray are those of a riddle.

2) [Meconium] 24-2-2010(5): Any good riddle contains a few loaded words that are deliberately inserted to lead your thinking astray. For example: "A man is afraid to go home because of the other man in the mask, but once he got there he knew he was safe. Exactly what is going on in this situation?" In this riddle, the word that leads you astray is "home".

3) [radical_tyro] 28-12-2008(5): I led Socrates astray with my riddle. He quit philosophizing and thought only about the riddle.

4) [abaddon] 31-5-2008(4): Words, astray: The words of the riddle were entirely misunderstood by Indiana Jones and therefore the search for the Lost Ark went completely astray.

5) [kiwiburner] 23-8-2012(3): A riddle is words designed to lead us astray.