It may be a bad interpretation of the " Oedipus complex " it is a complex, a psychological structure, and not an evil. But surely refers to " MAL " as an epidemic, which expands by Thebes in the work of Sophocles, and to stop it ( according to the Oracle, ) they should expel the King Oedipus. See: edipo.htm http://www.significadode.org/complejo
It is the same as Oedipus complex. It is the natural tendency of a son preferred the mother rather than the father. According to Freud it is the unconscious desire of having incestuous relations with the parent of the opposite sex and try to delete or ignore the same sex. In the case of women is called complex of Electra, which by nature are attracted towards his father.