Touhou Riddles

Playful Cat, chasing after our heroes

Staring quietly with ruby eyes

Waiting patiently for an opportunity

To feed her feathered friend

Strange being

Shrouded in ambiguity

Who harbors ill-will

Scaring those who are unfortunate

To pass by her

Who is she?

Short in stature

But strong like an ox

With horns, resembling as such

A commander of demons

Who drinks her stress away

Who is she?

Birth by mother’s sadness 

Resembling her eldest sister

My name refers to a festival of harvest.

Who am I?

A legendary blacksmith

Who forge any steal

With one breakthrough

And I can laze around all year long

Who am I?

My name is the reflection of the four seasons

Housed in the Land of Pleasure

I seek what is righteous

In a world of black and white

Who am I?

Sleeping deep within a shed

I was once an asset to 

The protector of dreams and traditions

But was decommissioned 

Due to my being a nuisance 

Who is it that waits her reawakening?

I purify all with my flames

Seeking revenge from the maiden of the Moon

My hair resembling my loves warmth

And that of a fox

Who am I?

Beware the halls in the dead of night

And the pool underneath the dim moonlight.

Heed this warning if you wish,

But avoid the Midnight witch

For she is friends with Hanako-san

Who will drag you into the stalls when she is done

Who is she?

Child of Lung Wohng

Who now resides within

The realm outside Fusang

Meeting many unique people

From a Jiang shi of winter

To a human Fenghuang

Who is she?

Maiden who speaks without words

Her expressionless face, full of expression

She who has emotions outside her own being 

Who is she?

A tome of light

And magic of the dead

A necromancer

Who controls what is not dead

With truthful words

She sees the souls of man

Who is she?

Bones litter this phosphorus path

And the sounds of creaking can be heard 

A idle perched cat

Watching you, undisturbed

Who is it that watches?

If it rains, I make it shine

A single whisper and I change time

I only speak the truth, but the world lies

Who am I?

Enigmatic maiden

Locked away like a caged bird

Carrying the sins of her husband

Whose arrow pierced the heart of Lucifer

Who is she?

Treading still water

Towards a three way crossing

From this never-ending river

Lies your fate

Who am I that sees you off?

Both minstrel and instrument

coming to life suddenly

Playing our tunes gleefully

In the concert hall 

Under the sounds of drums

Who are we?