24 riddles about death with answers

I have no breath, yet I can suffocate life. What am I?

I’m a pathway from which no traveler returns. What am I?

I’m always around, but never seen. I’ll take you when it’s your time to leave. What am I?

I am the beginning of eternity and the end of time. What am I?

What can travel the world while staying in one corner?

I can fly without wings, cry without eyes, and I can still make you smile when you die. What am I?

I can break without being held. What am I?

The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?

What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?

I am taken from a mine, and shut in a wooden case, from which I’m never released. Yet, I am used by many. What am I?

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?

I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?

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. What am I?

I am full of holes, yet I can still hold water. What am I?

What is as light as a feather, yet even the strongest person cannot hold it for long?

I can be seen but not touched. I can be heard but not felt. I can come quickly and leave even faster. What am I?

I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter but you can’t go outside. What am I?

I am the ultimate fate, the peaceful slumber that awaits us all. What am I?

I can bring an end to all things, yet I have no power on my own. What am I?

In life, I am longed for and feared, but in death, I am embraced. What am I?

I am the shadow that lingers, the specter that haunts. Once you see me, your time is short. What am I?

I am the keeper of souls, the ferryman across the river of eternity. Who am I?

I am the one certainty in life, the great equalizer of all beings. What am I?