A human, or man. A person would have four legs as a baby (crawling), two legs as a child, teenager, adult (walking) and three legs as an old person with a cane!
Please note that the time references are metaphors for different times in a person's life. Some variations add "midnight" and not having any life. That would be a metaphor for death.
This is a very old and famous riddle, as old as ancient Greek mythology, and it is called the Riddle of the Sphinx. It one of the many riddles said to be asked by the Sphinx to people who crossed it's path.
This is the classic Riddle of the Sphinx; the Sphinx at Thebes posed the riddle to travelers; if they failed to solve it, they were killed, if they answered it correct the Sphinx would kill itself; Oedipus answered it correctly.
Man was the reply of Oedipus to the riddle of the Sphinx . Oedipus : "Man - who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then walks with a cane in old age. "
The cane is an ancient symbol representing knowledge according to Egyptian belief.
What walks on three legs in the afternoon? Answer: Man walks on 4 legs in morning, as in a baby crawling, two legs in afternoon, as adult, and three at night, as a man with a cane
what crawls in the morning,walks in the afternoon,and crings at night. a baby,adult, and a senior.
The riddle of the sphinx is What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?
No one actually killed the sphinx, a man named Oedipus solved her riddle which was "What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three at night" which the answer is a human with morning being a baby, afternoon being an adult, and night as an old person with a cane. After Oedipus solved her riddle she threw herself off a cliff.
man
In the morning a baby is on all four (two hands,two feet) In the afternoon the baby is a adult and walks on two At night The adult is a old man/woman and has 2 legs with a stick
A Human
I'm going to assume you mean how did Oedipus become king. He became king by solving the riddle of the Sphinx, who asked the riddle "What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and, three at night." The correct answer is "man".
The answer to this riddle is a person—they crawl on all fours as a baby in the morning, walk on two legs during adulthood in the afternoon, and may need a cane in old age in the evening, representing three legs.
The answer to this riddle is a man. In the morning of his life he crawls or goes on four feet, in the afternoon of his life he walks on two feet, and in the evening of his life he uses a cane and goes on three feet.
The "riddle of the Sphinx" is: What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the middle of the day, and three at night?
is it humans morning is when you are a baby day is your middle years and night is when you die