When Freud was searching for a metaphor to describe children’s shifting attitudes towards their parents as they develop, he settled upon the Greek myth of Oedipus. Most famously depicted in Sophocles’ ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

The Buddhist Jātaka tales represent a substantial collection of folklore, consisting of 547 poems. Archaeological and literary evidence suggests that these stories were compiled between the 3rd ...

I don’t care how many people think Freud is a genius — I do not want to have sex with my mom. It’s my mom, for God’s sake. Do you have any idea how gross that sounds? I know about this Oedipus complex ...