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minus-squareJack RiddlelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoOedipus dit also cut his eyes out when he realised what he had done, so…
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoThat’s what I never understood. Oedipus only fucked his mum because he didn’t know who she really was. So, technically a motherfucker but it makes absolutely no sense as a psychology template (in my layman’s eyes st least).
minus-squareWeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoThat’s sort of the point of the metaphor I think—Oedipus was driven to do it by fate even though the conscious awareness of it horrified him.
Oedipus dit also cut his eyes out when he realised what he had done, so…
That’s what I never understood. Oedipus only fucked his mum because he didn’t know who she really was. So, technically a motherfucker but it makes absolutely no sense as a psychology template (in my layman’s eyes st least).
That’s sort of the point of the metaphor I think—Oedipus was driven to do it by fate even though the conscious awareness of it horrified him.