KnowraOedipus complexLinked fromLinked fromThe 14 pages that link to Oedipus complex, each with the reason it gives.All 14Broader topic 1Related 9Compared with 4PsychoanalysisBroader topic: It became a central, contested account of childhood conflict in classical theory.SophoclesRelated: Freud named the concept after Oedipus, though it reinterprets rather than simply repeats Sophocles’ story.Oedipus RexCompared with: Freud derived the theory’s name from the myth, but it is not the tragedy’s central explanation.Identification (psychology)Related: Freud linked resolution of this conflict to identification with the same-sex parent.Psychosexual developmentRelated: Freud made its resolution central to the phallic stage.Jacques LacanRelated: Lacan recasts the complex through symbolic law, kinship, and entry into language.SuperegoRelated: Freud connected superego formation to the resolution of this childhood conflict.Phallic stageRelated: Freud treated this conflict as the phallic stage’s central developmental drama.OedipusCompared with: Freud’s psychological concept derives its name from the myth but is not the myth itself.Otto RankCompared with: Rank proposed birth trauma as a deeper developmental source than Freud’s central account of childhood conflict.Penis envyCompared with: Freud's account of boys' development provides the counterpart to his account of girls.Three Essays on the Theory of SexualityRelated: Freud’s account of childhood desire helped establish the theory later named the Oedipus complex.Castration anxietyRelated: Freud places castration anxiety within the boy’s conflict over desire for his mother and rivalry with his father.Madonna–whore complexRelated: Freud connected some adult divisions between love and desire to unresolved childhood conflicts.