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- In Gr**** mythology, Jocasta (/dʒoʊˈkæstə/), also rendered Iocaste (Ancient Gr****: Ἰοκάστη Iokástē [i.okástɛː]) and also known as Epicaste (/ˌɛpɪˈkæstiː/;...
- In psychoanalytic theory, the Jocasta complex is the incestuous ****ual desire of a mother towards her son. Raymond de Saussure introduced the term in...
- Jocasta Pym is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Jim Shooter and George Pérez, the character first...
- Jocasta or Iocaste (Ancient Gr****: Ἰοκάστη) is a character in Gr**** mythology. It may also refer to: Iocaste (moon), a moon of Jupiter Jocasta (band),...
- Jocasta Claire Traill Innes (21 May 1934 – 20 April 2013) was a British writer, journalist and businesswoman. Innes was born in Nanjing, China, the eldest...
- best-known version of the myth, Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. Laius wished to thwart the prophecy, so he sent a shepherd-servant...
- Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper, of Oxon Hoath (c. 1480 – c. 1528) was the mother of Catherine Howard, the fifth wife and Queen consort of King Henry VIII. Joyce...
- would kill his father, Laius (the previous king), and marry his mother, Jocasta (whom Oedipus took as his queen after solving the riddle of the Sphinx)...
- chosen to compete. Jocasta, feeling ill from the Battle of the Block competition, sat out of the POV. Donny won and used the veto on Jocasta. Devin was named...
- deuteragonist would be Jocasta (Oedipus' mother and wife), and the tritagonist would play the Shepherd and Messenger. This would be because Jocasta is certainly...