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[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oedipus dit also cut his eyes out when he realised what he had done, so...

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.