Myths of exposure of the child who later wanders and ultimately becomes a hero (Oedipus, Moses, Cyrus, and others) made life more tolerable in an atmosphere of rejection. (In our times, Cinderella and the Ugly Duckling serve a similar purpose.) The myths of Samson and Oedipus are related in various ways. Both lose their eyes, vanquish a beast, and function in 'megalomanic and authoritarian fashion'. Samson destroys a temple, Oedipus crashes through the doors to find Jocasta hanging. The shaving of Samson is paralleled by the hairlessness of Hercules (in the sea monster episode) who is related to Oedipus as a sun hero. In both myths there is a plague. Levin discusses these and other resemblances. 'Myths are psychodynamic evolutions and therefore records of primitive history. Myth interpretation and history interpretation are allied.'