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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Is the sphinx symbolic of anything?

2 comments:

Ashleigh Waters said...

The sphinx guarded the city of Thebes and would not allow anyone to enter unless they solved the riddle. If the person answered correctly, the sphinx would kill itself. But if the person answered incorrectly the sphinx would kill the person. The sphinx asked Oedipus "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?". Oedipus answered that man crawls on all fours in infancy, walks upright on two legs in adulthood, and uses a cane as a third leg in old age. Angered that he answered corretly, the sphinx threw itself of the cliff and died.

Jessica Deckard said...

Ashleigh - cite your sources.