What walks on 4 legs in the morning,2legs in the afternoon & 3 legs at night?

Question

What is this riddle known as?

Answer 1

The answer is human.
It is from the ancient Greek mythology and it is the riddle of the Sphinx.( Greek Σφινξ, Sphinx, from the verb σφινγω, sphingo, meaning "to strangle". )
The riddle was answered by- one of the most tragic heroes of Greece- Oedipus.

Answer 2

The Riddle of the Sphinx--and the answer is man. He crawls on all fours as a baby, walks upright as a man, and walks with the help of a cane when he gets old.

Answer 3

A human being.

As a baby the human walks on all fours. The young age is considered as morning of ones life.

As a young man the human walks on two legs. This is the active time or the day time of ones life.

As a very old man human walks on two legs and a stick therefore he walks on 3 legs. This is the night time of ones life.

Answer 4

I don't know what the riddles known as but I know the answer. A human. You crawl as a baby, walk as a grown man, and walks with a cane in old age.

Answer 5

So say you Sphinx, it is man, who crawl on all fours as a baby, then walk on two legs in their adulthood, but needs to use a cruch in the old age, it is man.

Answer 6

A person! . . . Well the "official" answer is Man, but that just sounds too one sided to me. Girls can crawl, walk, and hobble too darnit!

I love the sphinx riddle!

Answer 7

Man.

It's the Riddle of the Sphinx and Oedipus got it right

Answer 8

It's a person's life cycle (infancy, adulthood, an old person walking with a cane), but I don't know what it's called.

Answer 9

Sounds like my Uncle Harry.

Answer 10

Page yourself over an intercom. (Don't disguise your voice