The story of the Oedipal Conflict, as narrated by Freud, is in many ways a psychological story or myth of origins. The Freudian tale attempts to explain the history of conflict in human sexual relations. Why has human nature, specifically human sexual nature, resulted in so much unhappiness rather than pleasure? Freud theorized that it was because, even from the cradle, sexual conflict is the result of trauma and anger, namely the young boy's traumatic realization that he cannot sexually enjoy his mother, like his father. A secondary plot, in the form of the Electra complex of penis envy relates a young girl's traumatic realization that she cannot possess her mother the way her father possesses her mother because she lacks a penis. Thus it is only fitting to use Freud's tale of conflict and sexual origins to the Bible's tale of the Fall of Adam and Eve. The tale of the Fall of Man from Genesis also purports to explain the unhappiness, pain, and anxiety that has frequently attached itself to human sexual desire, as well the reasons for the origin of human sexuality at the beginning of time.
             Briefly, to sum up the story of the Fall of Man, God created Adam, "formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life," and made women a minor companion or helpmeet for Adam. (This is reminiscent of how in Freud's story; the male sexual coming to being was the main focus of the tale, with the women's parallel journey into penis envy from desire for the mother, is a fairly secondary component) The two, first humans dwelled in blissful ignorance and paradise, and the only commandment they had to obey was not to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in the garden. The serpent, a tempting rather than a devilish figure encouraged Eve to eat of the fruit of the tree. She did, and prompted Adam to do likewise, resulting in the expulsion of the father and mothe...