a riddle

[erjin999]

Wind.

Got to be.

Weather then. Oh God you can see I am lost !  ::)

[Vanguard3000]

Tides!  Booyah.

Actually, I have no idea what we're talking about.

[Khan]

I was thinking the heavens or the universe.

[Acriku]

Some of you are close, but not in the way you'd imagine ;)

Hint 1: look to Genesis and see what God created before man.

[Andrew]

That band from the 70's called earth fire wind air or something or other?

Did someone say universe or space (as in outerspace)?

[Lance_Leader]

That band from the 70's called earth fire wind air or something or other?

rofl, hmm im thinking a rock, whats more faithful than a rock?  ;D

[Acriku]

It basically says it right there in Genesis, not sure if you guys are actually looking it up o not  :P

[Dante]

I did, simply in order to check my meagre Bible knowledge. As expected, everything was made before Adam with the exception of Eve. And Adam named just about everything as well, so there's no help there. I thought that perhaps it might be one of the four rivers (Tigris, Euphrates, etc), but then which one? And that certainly wouldn't fit with all of the lines. Why would it travel in fear? Did one of them ever have a soul? Not as far as I know. The snakes doesn't work either, despite absence of hands and the like. What I notice is that it says the answer 'withdrew' rather than 'was banished' or the like. So it went away from Adam of it's own accord.

... Hmm. I think someone with a better of knowledge of the King James Bible might stand a better chance.

[Acriku]

I guess it's one of those riddles that if you know it, you can't understand how people can miss it, and if you don't know it, you can't understand how people got it. Trust me though, the one answer really makes sense in light of all of the clues.

Hint 2: the "soul in me" is not necessarily just a soul... cha cha cha

[Dante]

...The answer isn't obvious. Even now that I know it.

[Acriku]

Once it's known to everyone I can explain each line if you want. It seems rather obvious when you look at all the clues it give you.

[Dante]

A lot of it makes sense, but I don't see why it travels in fear or doesn't have a soul (but had one temporarily).

[Acriku]

Here you go...

[hide]It travels in fear possibly because whalers hunt it down for oil (used for great light) or its blubber. It doesn't have a soul because it's seen that animals don't have a soul and thus can't get into heaven, but in the bible god put a soul in a "leviathan" / "whale" - Jonah (Jonah and the whale?), then took it back out. [/hide]

[erjin999]

I got it I got it !

Is it a whale ?

[Acriku]

Hey we got a winner! Good job erjin :) I would also have accepted leviathan. Now the lines make sense eh? If you guys have trouble explaining each line, just post and I can explain it for you.

[erjin999]

Thanks Acri, I guess I have a knack for these. My teachers always said I was smart  ::)

Hehe. I would never have got that in a million years.  :P