Which creature has one voice yet 4 footed?

The winged sphinx of Boeotian Thebes, the most famous in legend, was said to have terrorized the people by demanding the answer to a riddle taught her by the Muses—What is it that has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed? —and devouring a man…
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Which creatures has 1 voice but 4 feet in the morning 2 at noon and 3 at night?

This is a well known riddle from ancient times. The answer is a human. 4 legs in the morning is a baby crawling. 2 legs in the afternoon is an older child or adult that walks using its legs.
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What speaks with one voice yet walks on four feet in the morning two feet in the afternoon and three feet in the evening?

A human. She walks on four legs--2 hands and 2 knees--in the “morning" of her baby life, two legs in the “afternoon" of her adulthood, and in the “evening” of her old age she walks on 2 legs with a cane--her third leg. That is the classic riddle of the Sphinx. The answer: man.
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What was the sphinx riddle in Oedipus?

The riddle was: "What walks on four feet in the morning, two in the afternoon and three at night?". Oedipus answered: "Man: as an infant, he crawls on all fours; as an adult, he walks on two legs and; in old age, he uses a walking stick".
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Which animal has one voice but two three or four feet being slowest on three?

The riddle is, "Which animal has one voice, but two, three, or four feet being slowest on three?" Oedipus answered correctly with the answer, "Man."
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What are the 3 riddles of the Sphinx?

'What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? ' The answer? Man, who crawls as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and uses a walking stick in his twilight years.
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What creature walks on 4 legs in the morning?

"A man." As a baby, a human goes about on all fours ("four legs in the morning"; morning = childhood), until he learns to walk, which he does so well into adulthood ("two legs in the afternoon"; afternoon = adulthood), until old age requires him to use a cane to support himself ("three legs in the evening", evening = ...
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What is the myth of the Sphinx?

In Greek tradition, the sphinx has the head of a woman, the haunches of a lion, and the wings of a bird. She is mythicized as treacherous and merciless, and will kill and eat those who cannot answer her riddle. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus.
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What goes on 4 feet in the morning 2 feet in the afternoon and 3 feet in the evening?

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it? Man (or woman). A baby crawls on all fours, then walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.
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What has a foot but Cannot walk?

The answer is yardstick.
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What goes up a tree with 3 legs?

Which animal climbs with three legs and come down with four legs? Interesting question. Actually, this is an age old riddle and the simple answer is 'man' or 'Human being' if we want to be more politically correct. This is because, a person may climb up a mountain using a stick as an extra help to go up steep places.
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What goes on 4 legs in the morning 2 legs at noon and 3 legs in the evening?

What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening? A man: he crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult, and walks with a cane in old age.
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What has a lake but no water?

Riddle: I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I? Answer: A map.
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What is coming but never comes?

What is always coming but never arrives riddle answer. The one-word answer to this simple riddle is 'Tomorrow'. Tomorrow never comes, but people always push back their plans and say that they will "do it tomorrow".
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What has four legs but Cannot walk riddle?

Chair is the right answer. A chair has four legs but it cannot walk.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Does only one tooth have one eye?

The Graeae were three sisters in Greek mythology, who shared one eye and one tooth among them. Their names were Deino (dread), Enyo (horror) and Pemphredo (alarm). They were the daughters of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and sisters of the Gorgons.
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Is the Sphinx a Man or woman?

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the body of a lion, most often with a human head and sometimes with wings. The creature was an Egyptian invention and had a male head - human or animal; however, in Greek mythology, the creature had the head of a woman.
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What has 2 heads 2 tails and walks around on four legs?

SOLUTION: A compass.
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Which creature walks on four legs in spring two legs in summer and three legs in winter?

The answer is Human.
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What crawls in the morning walks in the afternoon?

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening? The answer is man: a person crawls on all fours when a baby, walks upright in the middle period of their life, and uses a walking stick when they are elderly.
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What is large but never grows has roots that Cannot be seen?

“What is large, yet never grows; has roots that cannot be seen; and is taller than trees?” Answer: A mountain. “I create my lair with earthen string, and dispatch my prey with a biting sting.” Answer: A spider.
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What is always old and sometimes new?

Can you solve this riddle without clicking that tempting answer button? The moon.
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Who defeats Sphinx?

Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx killed herself. In reward, he received the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen, his mother, Jocasta. They had four children: Eteocles, Polyneices, Antigone, and Ismene.
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What has 13 hearts but no organs?

Q: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? ... ... A: A deck of playing cards.
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