| Abstract: | This legend is the story of 3 brothers and how their childhood abandonment by the mother leads to complications, and ultimately defeat, in all Oedipal endeavors. All 3 brothers fall in love with the same woman, who is clearly an Oedipal substitute and is herself parentless at a young age. The 4 make object choices based more on a need to rework the original trauma than to secure an Oedipal victory. The rivalry between the 2 oldest brothers is fierce, and there is even an estrangement between the father and oldest son. But ultimately the childhood bonds of love and devotion prevail, and there is a reconciliation in which the most aggrieved oldest son truly becomes his brother's as well as his father's keeper. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
