Legendary riddle.

Question: Living I do not exist. Dead I am an inspiration. You always doubt me. But never reject me. I am what is given from old to young. Without me people would not learn mistakes. What am I?

Question: Look at my face, I am somebody. look at my back, i am nobody. What am I?

Question: What tastes better than it smells?

Question: What goes in the water black and comes out red?

Question: What asks but never answers?

Question: Resurrected, they descend by the millions. Sometimes, to nourish and give life. Other times, to take lives or destroy. They have been known to fill entire valleys and block roads only to disappear before executing their long journey back to the top. What are they?