Riddle

I saw the dead bring forth the living. I saw the living bring forth the dead. What did I see?

Choose an answer

A.A birth
B.A harvest
C.A cremation
D.A funeral
Hint: It's a 2-word phrase with 8 letters, starting with "A".

Answer

A funeral

Why this is the answer

The source lists 'funeral' as the answer to this deliberately poetic and ambiguous riddle, though the imagery of the dead producing the living (and vice versa) is a looser fit than most riddles in this collection.

This riddle is filed under Short Riddles and rated Hard.

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