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Electra complex

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electranoun(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
primal hordenoun(psychoanalysis) In Freudian psychoanalysis, an archetypal cathexis of the sons usurping their father's hierarchical position; the basis of the Oedipus complex, and sometimes resulting in totemism.
imagonoun(entomology) The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
psychenounThe human soul, mind, or spirit.
thanatosnoun(psychoanalysis) The death drive in Freudian psychoanalysis.
oedipusnoun(Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
eratonoun(Greek mythology) The goddess of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry, eroticism, and mimic imitation, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne. Usually depicted with a crown/wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a golden arrow and doves. Often accompanies Eros/Cupid.
psyche knotnounSynonym of Grecian knot.
animusnounThe basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
jocastanoun(Greek mythology) The mother and wife of Oedipus.
eurydomenoun(astronomy) One of the moons of Jupiter.
megaeranoun(Greek mythology) One of the Furies, Erinyes in Greek mythology, the cause of jealousy and envy, who punishes people who commit crimes, especially marital infidelity.
erosnounPhysical love; sexual desire.
hedonenoun(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. Her Roman counterpart is Voluptas.
erotesnoun(Greek mythology, often capitalised) Collectively, a group of winged gods attendant to Aphrodite, of whom Eros is the best known.
argiopenoun(Greek mythology) Any one of several figures of Greek mythology.
maenadismnoun(Greek mythology) The frenzied state of a female follower of Dionysus.
thyonenoun(Greek mythology) Semele, mother of Dionysus.
iphigenianoun(Greek mythology) The daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, who is sacrificed by her father to ensure the safe journey of the Greeks to Troy.
antigonenoun(Greek mythology) the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology

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