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Power enough to smash ships and crush roofs. Yet it still must fear the sun.
What is up thatβs also down? Whatβs a smile and a frown?
Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?
What do you use to hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe?
A thousand colored folds stretch toward the sky. Atop a tender strand, rising from the land, until killed by maiden's hand. Perhaps a token of love, perhaps to say goodbye.
Special abilities and brightly colored underwear are all you need to be one of these.