the sphinx riddle?

Question

What walks on four in the morning, two in the afternoon and 3 at night?

Answer 1

Human

Babies crawl, adults walk, the elderly use a cane.

Answer 2

DEEZ N-


Oh, I'm sorry, it's a man (well, human to be PC).
A baby crawls on all fours, an adult walks upright upon two feet, and an elderly person usually needs the aid of a cane, which constitutes a third leg.

Now it's your turn. "Sphinx" is a Greek term for the statue in Egypt. What does the word mean and what was the original Egyption name for the structure???

Answer 3

Man. The usual answer put forth is that this means A man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, two as a man, and with the support of a cane as an old man.
The mad auther of the Necronom,icon however puts forth a much fresher interpretation. This does not concern a man but mankind. Man, at his creation by the Elder Things, walked on all fours. Next he walked on two in this age. In the future, we will go about with three legs.

Answer 4

Man -
1.) "Morning", a metaphor for a baby crawling on all fours.
2.) "Afternoon", a metaphor for a person walking in their prime of life on two legs.
3.)" Night" an old person that needs a cane for stability as a third leg late in life.

Answer 5

A baby crawls on all fours, a man walks on his own two legs, and an old man walks with his legs plus a cane.

Answer 6

a man (or woman) crawls on four legs first (in the morning) walks upright as an adult (afternoon) and with a cane as an older person(at night)

Answer 7

Man. He crawls on hands and feet as an infant (morning of his life). He walks on two feet after learning to walk (afternoon of his life). He walks on three using a cane (night of his life).

Answer 8

Man. Crawls on four limbs when infant, on two legs in his youth and uses a cane when old.

Answer 9

A person.


Babies crawl, learn to walk on their own two feet, and when older use a cane.

Answer 10

A person.

This was the riddle that Oedipus solved in order to enter Thebes and marry Jocasta. No?