Open AccessDie psychologischen motive für die Entstehung der Oidipus-Gestalt
Author(s) -
Walter Pötscher
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1982.v50.i1.783
Subject(s) - subconscious , hero , philosophy , psychoanalysis , psychology , narcissism , literature , art , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
It seems that the motif of the πότνια-πάρεδρος relation in the myth of a totally anthropologically conceived hero was transferred by the projection of subconscious incest-wishes. As neurotics could find themselves subconsciously in the figure of Oedipus, therefore also neurotic symptoms have been ascribed to this hero