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Freud borrowed the Oedipus myth to illustrate certain aspects of the mind. This paper explores the meanings of this loan.
A principle function of the human mind is the construction of fantasies which serve as organizers of human experience. Freud described several personal myths with this function. He used the oedipal myth to narrate a salient event in human affairs, the conflict between infantile desire and parental restraint.