About riddle of the ring of Bacchus from the Stone at BoB

AgeBdeR · February 11, 2019, 5:52pm

I’m not native english speaker and totally can’t understand what the answer of the riddle and WHY.
Could someone explain it for me?
Is that from bible or something?

Truly no one is outstanding without me, nor fortunate; 
I embrace all those whose hearts ask for me. 
He who goes without me goes about in the company of death; 
and he who bears me will remain lucky for ever. 
But I stand lower than earth and higher than heaven.

Choice:
Patience.
Wisdom.
Humility.
Passion.
Love.
Fidelity.
Creativity.
Pain.

Me: Lower than "E"arth, higher than "H"eaven? Oh it must be "F"idelity!
The Stone: Eh eh.

savvym · February 11, 2019, 5:52pm

Where’s this riddle? I thought I finished that activity with ring.

AgeBdeR · February 11, 2019, 5:53pm

When The Stone steal your ring, he leave the letter instead.
And you need to answer it to take the ring back.

savvym · February 11, 2019, 6:21pm

I need to replay dlc now. Wisdom?

AgeBdeR · February 11, 2019, 8:40pm

It wasn’t Wisdom nor Love. And He didn’t give me fourth chance lol.

The Answer was Humility. (Save and Load)
But still not understanding why.
I just need the explanation to good sleep.

realrules · November 9, 2019, 3:47am

When and how does it happens???

PS.: Humility???

AgeBdeR · November 9, 2019, 4:16am

When you sleep in Kuno’s camp with the ring, someone steal your ring and leave a note. And only one in the band who can write.
And yes, the answer was that one still I can’t find why.

lamy · November 11, 2019, 5:30am

It’s a bit hard to explain, but basically humility is seen as a virtue. ‘he who goes without me goes about in the company of death; and he who bears me will remain lucky for ever’ suggests that if you are overconfident or proud/arrogant you are more likely to meet with misfortune or even get yourself killed (because you are underestimating opponents). Alternatively, if you are humble then you will be more cautious and/or perhaps others will be more likely to underestimate you, giving you the advantage. ‘But I stand lower than earth and higher than heaven’ is back to the idea of humility being a virtue, seeing yourself as lower than dirt and giving yourself over to a higher power. it’s definitely a concept that’s all over the Bible. I’m not Christian or religious myself, so I couldn’t give specific examples. I hope that helps a bit, but I’ll be happy to try and clarify further if you have more questions.

AgeBdeR · November 11, 2019, 6:29am

Yeah, generally I understood the Humility is virtue. But, the Love isnt? Patience couldn’t be?
As a riddle answer, there must be some reason to push others away, I guess. I thought bible or something commented about it using those words(lower than Earth), but I can’t found any.

lamy · November 12, 2019, 9:22pm

Love and patience are virtues sure, but I think the key clue that rules those others out is the last phrase ‘I stand lower than earth and higher than heaven’. Lower than earth makes me think of the phrase/idiom lower than dirt, which is typically an insult, but in this context of ‘and higher than heaven,’ it is suggested to be a virtue. The best fit, in that case, is humility. You are being humble if you think of yourself as no better than a common piece of dirt/earth and God/heaven will favor you for it. I just googled humility in the bible and here’s an example: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. (James 4:10)