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Myths- acquittal for criminals (?)

Regarding mythological stories, a question can be raised: what is their origin? There are two possibilities. Either they all happened in reality or they were made up by authors. If they were made up another question can be raised: what was the intention of the author, what did he want to tell us? Taking the greek myth "oedipus" into consideration the author`s intention could have been to appear unguilty. It could have been written by a murderer!

As the story shows, oedipus could not escape his destiny.
In contrast to what most people believe, namely that a human being can differentiate and choose between good and evil, this story disproves the theory. Oedipus o...

Posted by: Sandeep Jador

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