HardRhyming Riddle
It was a tradition long ago, When the world was dark and full of woe. When men turned darkness into light, By mixing, melting and decanting in the night, To seek for youth and gold and riches, Just to be burned as witches.
Riddle
It was a tradition long ago, When the world was dark and full of woe. When men turned darkness into light, By mixing, melting and decanting in the night, To seek for youth and gold and riches, Just to be burned as witches.
Choose an answer
A.Witchcraft
B.Sorcery
C.Magic
D.Alchemy
Hint: It's a word with 7 letters, starting with "A".
Answer
Alchemy
Why this is the answer
Alchemists of old mixed, melted, and distilled substances in secret, chasing the mythical elixir of youth and the power to turn base metal into gold -- practices that sometimes got practitioners condemned as witches.
This riddle is filed under Rhyming Riddles and rated Hard.