What Am I Called? And What is My Answer?

Question

"What has four feet in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?"

Name this famous question and give it's answer! Cite your source.

Answer 1

I am a Man

Its the riddle of the Sphynx

Answer 2

HUMANS
A sphinx is a mythological monster with the head and breasts of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of a bird.
The riddle concerns a sphinx from ancient Greece.

It seems at the time of such ancient Greeks Oedipus,Jocasta,and Laius, a sphinx crouched on a rock at the entrance to the city of Thebes and stopped all who were about to enter by asking them to solve a riddle. If they could not answer she would kill them.
When the hero Oedipus solved the riddle, the sphinx killed herself, and the Thebeans made Oedipus their King.

The Riddle
What has four feet in the morning, two at noon and three at night

The solution
HUMANS
They crawl on four limbs while they are a baby, walk upright on two as an adult, and walk with the aid of a cane during old age

Answer 3

Man. We crawl on all fours as a baby (morning). Walk on two legs as adults (noon). And walk with a cane in old age (night).

The riddle of the Sphinx

Answer 4

It sounds like some philosophical dilemma but I will make a joke and attempt to find a serious answer since I like such questions.

Of course it sounds like the famous description of man who crawls, then walks and then uses a cane. You can find it in Shakespeare but it probably goes back to pre-Biblical times since it is so universal.

I could say a martian who first goes around on 4 arms somehow.

then uses his two noses then at the end spins around on 3 ears somehow.

Answer 5

Human being. We crawl in infant hood. We walk as adults. We use canes to get around in our older infirmary. Riddle of the Sphinx from some ancient Greek work. The Odyssey's sequel, I think.

Answer 6

Before Oedipus came to Thebes, a “stern songstress”, the Sphinx, plagued the cityClick to background on the sphinx. asking passersby her dark riddle, “What creature walks on four legs in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening?” When Oedipus solved the riddle, the Sphinx destroyed herself, and he was given the hand of Jocasta and the throne. Little did the Thebans know, their deliverer was the one who would bring them to ruin.*

In Oedipus’ life, there are phases in which he realizes his identity. The riddle of the Sphinx is a metaphor for these phases. In the morning of his life, he is unaware of his lineage. It is shrouded in mystery, much like the Sphinx. As he approaches middle age, he stands proudly as king of Thebes, in denial of any mark on his ancestry. He is crippled in the later part of his life when he learns of his sins. His fate represents man’s fate according to the fatalism of the play. Oedipus reflects the trials and tribulations of man on the road to self-discovery. The riddle is about the stages of man, too. Both reflect man as being subject to determinism outside of one's control.

Answer 7

Oedipus answered that it was a man who as an infant crawls on all fours, when he grows up walks on two legs, and in old age leans on a staff.

Answer 8

Man, who crawls on four limbs as a baby, walks upright on two as an adult, and walks with the aid of a stick in old age.

Answer 9

You are the sphinx and the answer is man.
My source is my memory

Answer 10

You are called the most common riddle. i see this almost every other day, but i won't blow it for the new people.