List of Abnormal Marriage and Love in Greek Mythology: What are the love relationships between father and daughter, mother and son?

(1) Father-daughter love

The most famous father-daughter love is the Electra complex, also known as the Electra complex. Agamemnon's daughter Electra witnessed her mother teaming up with her lover to kill her father when she was young. When she became an adult, she teamed up with her younger brother to avenge her father and kill her mother.

The queen of the King of Cyprus praised her daughter Myra as being comparable to the goddess Aphrodite. After hearing this, the goddess angrily cursed Myra and she would have an unstoppable love affair with her father. Myra relied on breast milk. Confused, he stayed in bed with his father Kanilas for twelve days.

Clymenus, the king of Argos, coveted his daughter's beauty and raped her and gave birth to a son. The daughter killed her son and cooked it for Clymenus to eat as revenge.

(2) Mother-child love

The most well-known mother-child love is the Oedipus complex, also known as the Oedipus complex. God predicted that the son of King Laius of Thebes would kill his father and marry his mother. Laius tried his best to avoid the tragedy of killing his father and marrying his mother, but nothing could be avoided.

Earth mother Gaia and her son Pontus gave birth to five sons. The goddess Aphrodite made the six sons of earth mother (not the six sons of Titan) go crazy and wanted to possess them. Mother, and her sons were all knocked down by Poseidon with his trident.

The hermaphrodite god Agdistis and the goddess Nana gave birth to a son, Attis. Later, Agdistis was raped by the gods and made him a woman, and she fell in love with him. his own son and pursue him.

(3) Brother-sister love

The outstanding warrior Leucipus was cursed by Aphrodite, which caused him to have uncontrollable love for his sister. With the help of his mother, he became his sister's lover.

Macarios and his sister Karnak *** gave birth to a child. The father of the two siblings asked someone to take the child and feed it to the dogs.

The god Zeus and the queen Hera are also typical examples of sister-brother love. There were countless fairies who had affairs with Zeus, and Hera was jealous and cruel. She hated and persecuted Zeus's lovers and their children.

(4) Homosexuality

The mountain nymph Callisto vowed to stay with Artemis, the goddess of hunting, as a maid forever and never marry. Zeus fell in love with her at first sight, but Callisto avoided all men, so Zeus transformed into Artemis and married her. Callisto gave birth to Alcas to Zeus.

King Laius of Thebes came to the Peloponnese, where he fell in love with the beautiful young Chrysippus, took him back to Thebes, and abused him in every possible way.

The Thessalia girl Kainis was very beautiful, but she did not want to get married. Poseidon saw her on the beach and took possession of her by force. In return, Poseidon gave Kainis his wish. She was transformed into a man and renamed Caineus, who with the help of Poseidon became an invulnerable man in war. ——Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

(5) *** Love

The Titan god Cronus pursued Philula. Philula felt shy and put herself She turned into a mare, and Cronus turned himself into a stallion and took possession of her. Their first son was the best centaur: Chiron.

Boreas, the god of the north wind, turned himself into a stallion and mated with Dardanus's mare, giving birth to twelve Pegasus.

Abnormal love affairs in other myths

1. The male god Brahma in Indian mythology created the universe, and then gave birth to a male and female god. Brahma had sex with his daughter and gave birth to a human. Because his daughter was beautiful, Brahma also grew another head. Come here to admire my daughter's beauty. Brahma in this myth is not only androgynous but also has a sexual complex.

2. In the Hebrew myth of rebirth, two daughters, in order to carry on their father's family line, got their father drunk and united with him to give birth to offspring.

3. In the family of Byblos, the main god described in Assyrian mythology, there are not only stories of the main god's son killing his father and marrying his mother, but also many members of the family have sexual relations: brother-sister marriage, father-daughter marriage, nephew-aunt marriage.

4. There are also some myths about the formation of the Japanese islands. For example, a farmer from Hatata County, Tosa Province, had a son and a daughter sleeping on a small boat. When the sea tide rose, the boat was washed up on an island in the southern sea. The brother and sister got married here and had children together. Became the ancestor of Tosa Okishima, Japan.

5. The ancient Egyptian creation myth tells that there was only water in the world at first. The sun god Ra was born from the water. Ra hugged his shadow and gave birth to twin brothers: Shu, the air god, and Tefnut, the mist goddess. After the brother and sister gods got married, they Give birth to the God of Earth and the Goddess of Sky.

6. In Chinese mythology, the marriage of brother and sister Nuwa and Fuxi is also a manifestation of the marriage of brother and sister in the myth of human origin. Duyi Zhi of the Tang Dynasty said: "When the universe first opened, only the brother and sister Nuwa were in the Kunlun Mountains, and the world was not yet established. Some people think that they are husband and wife, and the smoke is harmonious; if not, the smoke will be dispersed, and the sister will come to see her brother, so she will make a fan with straw to cover her face.

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