You ever think what the ancient Egyptians called the Sphinx or if they ever made fun of it?

Question

Like walking by one day and one guy says to another '' Look at the beak on that guy ''? Or something?

Answer 1

Probably not, because it is by far the oldest structure in Egypt (water weathering proves it existed when Egypt was wetter, and the pyramids dont have this). It was also reported to hold a library of wisdom. Nah, it would be like laughing at Buddha or the Crucifix.

Answer 2

Would you believe the Sphinx in one form was a WOMAN? - not a man?

The word "sphinx" comes from the Greek Σφιγξ — Sphigx, apparently from the verb σφιγγω — sphiggo, meaning "to strangle" (note that the ng and nx sounds were written in ancient Greek as a double gammas. This may be her proper name, but The Penguin Dictionary of Classical Mythology states that her given name was Φιξ — Phix.) In Greek lore, a Sphinx once blocked the way to Thebes. She would give a riddle: "What walks on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?" Oedipus solved the riddle: man — he crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age. Bested at last, the Sphinx then threw herself from her high rock and died. An alternative version tells that she devoured herself. The exact riddle asked by the Sphinx was not specified by early tellers of the story and was not standardized as the one given above until much later in Greek history. Thus Oedipus can be recognized as a liminal or "threshold" figure, helping effect the transition between the old religious practices, represented by the Sphinx, and new, Olympian ones.

I doubt if they made fun of it - more likely they feared it!

Answer 3

Hey! Wally - nice change from horses and hippos! The Sphinx are supposed to be a cross between a god and a lion! and were placed at the entrances of the pyramids (tombs) to ward of evil spirits. A least this is what the guide told us when we visited Luxor (Egypt) back in the early 1980's. CJ

Answer 4

Of course they did!!! None of them were very good looking you know....

however, you my friend have changed clothes again and don't you look dashing! All dressed up for the New Year I see...!!!

Posing for a Sphinx?
LOL

Answer 5

I can hear some wiseguy passing by, nodding at the sphinx and suggesting that it must have been posed for by his mother-in-law.

Answer 6

no1's evr made exciting of my call ive had ppl spelling my call incorrect b4 oh and my names emma by employing the way yet whilst i develop into in a single year 7 a million of my friends spelt it like dis (emmar) cuz wen ppl say my call sumtimes it appears like they're asserting at (r) on the tip. lol yet whilst ppl did take the mick i wuldnt care cuz ppl shuld be proud of their call/their-selves.

Answer 7

No-but my mother and father went ot Egypt and saw it once.

Answer 8

I think they had a sense of humor just like anyone else in their day!!!

Answer 9

This would be heresy.

Society was not as supportive of free speech in those days.

Answer 10

No, but now that you ask, yeah. ManCatInAHatOnABlock.