Wingless Bird

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth, I am dissolved into air. What am I?




Similar Riddles

How high do you have to count before you use the letter “a” in the English spelling of the whole number?

Asked by Neha on 11 Sep 2025


How can one talk without saying a single word?

Asked by Neha on 25 Nov 2023

The below mentioned letters have been placed in a order using a logic.

DEAD, BALL, FEAR, SHOP

Can you find the logic?

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2021


In Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked this riddle of all travellers who passed by. If the traveller failed to solve the riddle, then the Sphinx killed him/her. And if the traveller answered the riddle correctly, then the Sphinx would destroy herself. The riddle:

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx destroyed herself.

Asked by Neha on 26 Jul 2024

What are the next two letters in the following series and why?
W A T N T L I T F S _ _

*Hint: Check Puzzle Title

Asked by Neha on 12 May 2023

Identify the 10 differences between the two given pictures.

Pictures to Identify

Asked by Neha on 22 Dec 2023


What's the only room from which no one can enter or leave

Asked by Neha on 15 Apr 2024

I am never scared but became petrified and can’t live in a house but would die to make one. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 08 Sep 2025

Teacher ask the student

'Why are you standing on that chair in music class ?'.

what did student replied ?

Asked by Neha on 10 Jan 2021


A cat had three kittens: Snophy, Topsy and Jorden. What was the mother's name?

Asked by Neha on 27 Jun 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Out of the Box

The phrase “thinking outside the box” was popularised from the solution to a topographical puzzle involving 9 dots in a box shape.