what has 4 legs then 2 legs then 3 legs?------ this is a riddle?

Question

no hints allowed

Answer 1

a person...first crawl, then walk, then walk with cane.

Answer 2

A human. At the beginning of their life they are a baby and must crawl on 4 limbs. In the middle of their life they can walk on 2 legs. At the end of their life they are old and need sticks to walk.

Answer 3

The mother and father( 2+2=4) of the child..then two legs in- utero... then 3 legs once it has been identified as a boy.

Answer 4

Man.
He first walks on four: hands and knees.
Then on two: feet.
Then three: feet and a cane.

This is the Riddle of the Sphinx. It can be found in Sophocles' trilogy [includes Antigone...]. Oedipus solved it.

It can also be found in the fourth Harry Potter book, The Goblet of Fire.

Answer 5

man, by the way the riddle from oedipus goes like this,

What walks on two legs in the morning,
Two legs at midday,
and three legs in the afternoon?

-man

Answer 6

Human

Answer 7

an old one - way back oedipus[did i spell it right?]

the answer is man-
4 - baby, crawls
2 - adult, walks
3 - elderly, 3rd limb is a walking stick

i think the original riddle says:
an creature that has
four legs in the morning,
two at noon,
and three at night.

Answer 8

Baby crawling, women walking on two leg - then using a cane

Answer 9

a human being, when you are a baby you have four legs because you cral and later when you learn how to walk you stay up with your two legs and when you are old you use a cane that is why you have "three" legs

Answer 10

Man
Actually, it goes what gets around on all fours in the morning, two legs midday, and three in the evening.

Answer 11

Mankind (Humans)

when you are young you crawl on all fours
when you are mature ( kid, adult) you walk on 2 legs
When you are old you use a cane - the third leg