A Riddle from Egypt?

Question

what walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening??

Answer 1

it's human being
1. in the beginning walking in four legs
2. next in two legs
3 .in the old age walking in two legs with a stick

Answer 2

As so many others already answered, it is a human being.

The riddle isn't Egyptian though; it comes from the Oedipus myth in Greek mythology.

According to the myth, an oracle told king Laius of the Greek city of Thebes that his son would kill his father and marry his mother. So when Oedipus was born his father exposed him on a mountain to die. However, he was saved by a servant and given to king Polybus of Corinth who raised him as a son.
At a party thrown by King Polybus, a drunken guest called Oedipus a bastard. Oedipus then went to the oracle to find out more about his origins. The oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother.
After descending the mountain, he met an unarmed man riding a chariot on the road to the oracle. The man in the chariot demanded that Oedipus stand aside so he could pass. They argued, and Oedipus killed the stranger. The man was King Laius, Oedipus' father.
Oedipus decided not to go back home, but to go to Thebes instead. At the time, Thebes was terrorized by the sphinx. The sphinx asked her riddle to people passing on the road, and killed them when they couldn't answer. When Oedipus gave the right answer, the sphinx threw itself down the rocks. He was rewarded with the now vacant throne and the hand of the widowed queen Jocasta, his mother.
Within a short time, divine signs of misfortune and pollution began to appear in Thebes. The king searched for the cause of all these misfortunes. The seer Teiresias revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus himself was the source of the pollution. Oedipus discovered he was really the son of Laius and Jocasta and that the prophecy had indeed come to pass. Jocasta committed suicide and Oedipus blinded himself by forcing her brooch pins into his eyes.

Answer 3

A human being (hohmo sapiens)

a baby on the morning his knees andhands to crawl ( 4 )

a full grown man afternoon his to feet to walk ( 2 )

an old person evening his to feet annd his cane
( 3 )

Answer 4

my answer is a person or human

the one who walks with four legs is a baby,because he uses his 2 hands and arm and 2 legs thats equal to 4;
the one who walks with two legs is a teenager,because he has a mind and he knows how to walk using 2 legs thats equal to 2;
and the one who walks with three legs is an old man,because he uses his 2 legs with a cane thats equal to 3.

Answer 5

I was really late to answer this one becuse someone had already given the right one.My answer is a human being as he uses his four feet in his childhood and two legs when he is an adult and a stick when he is old.

Answer 6

its a new beginning for a baby and a baby walks on 4 legs....so thats makes the morning....
later when we at our adulthood thats afternoon and we walk on 2 legs
when we get old ....its evening coz one day it will become dark...as night...we die...when we are old we walk on 3 legs two ours and on stick...

Answer 7

a person throught out there life
baby= morning
adult=afternoon
elderly=evening

this is the most repeated riddle on yahoo answers and is getting old.

Answer 8

man

crawling
stand up right
old man with a cane

check ya later ♥

Answer 9

man

Answer 10

i think its a man.
four in child hood
two in youngness
three in oldness.