"What Am I?" Riddles with Answers

What does man love more than life Fear more than death or mortal strife What the poor have, the rich require, and what contented men desire, What the miser spen...

I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery cry. Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite con...

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I build bridges out of silver, Make crowns out of gold, But everyone is afraid of me Even the young and...

An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The longer the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes. What is it?

I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind, I help others to see. What am I?

I drift forever with the current down these long canals they've made, Tame, yet wild, I run elusive Multitasking to your aid. Before I came, the world was darke...

Soft and fragile is my skin, I get my growth in mud I'm dangerous as much as pretty, for if not careful, I draw blood.

Question: I can't go left, I can't go right. I am forever stuck in a building over three stories high. What am I?

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mounta...

What begins and has no end? What is the ending of all that begins?

Alive without breath, As cold as death, Clad in mail never clinking, Never thirsty, ever drinking

Inside me the adventurous find Quests and treasures of every kind. Trolls, goblins, orcs, and more, await Within my closed walls for All those that wish to visi...

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the...

An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. "That eye is like to this eye" Said the first eye, "But in low place, Not in high place."

I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by tool, but built by hearts and minds. What am I?

You saw me where I never was and where I could not be. And yet within that very place, my face you often see. What am I?

Take me with you and I'll lead you anywhere. Flip me around and I'll annoy you.

I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. What am I?

I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?

What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees Up, up it goes, And yet never grows?

I am a being with many faces. My first is peaceful and calm, but can kill you. My second is strong enough to smash ships but still fears the sun. My third fl...

It's hard to give up. Remove part of it and you still have a bit. Remove another part, but bit is still there. Remove another and it remains. What is it?

You're both in and outside of me; You guide me but don't ride me; I can make a statement with a tongue but no mouth. What am I?

What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?