As is well known, Freud saw the Oedipus myth as symbolizing a son's desire to possess his mother and kill his father.

There are some connections with the Oedipus myth.

For instance, Lévi-Strauss uses the example of the Oedipus myth and breaks it down to its component parts:

Or are you going to tell me Vulcans have an Oedipus myth?

Lévi-Strauss makes the final step in his analysis of the Oedipus myth like this:

So, it is not sufficient merely to reduce all Oedipus myths to one, there has to be a retelling in a different form.

This New England gothic version of the Oedipus myth offers no redemption.

It is the story of a psychopath who is obsessed by the Oedipus myth and kills to gain access to his mother's bed.

This dramatic musical treatment of the Oedipus myth is unusual in that it attempts to cover the entire story of Oedipus' life, from birth to death.

The minister uses the Oedipus myth to preach redemption through suffering.