Editing Sphinx (section)

=== Burmese Literature ===
Lowell Edmunds' ''Oedipus in Burma''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Edmunds |first=Lowell |date=1996 |title=Oedipus in Burma |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4351896 |journal=The Classical World |language=en |volume=90 |issue=1 |pages=15–22 |doi=10.2307/4351896|jstor=4351896 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> is an explorative look on the Oedipus' myth in Burmese literature and culture. The folktale ''Pauk and the Dragon'' uses similar motifs from the Greek myth to explore Pauk's, the protagonist, road to destiny and fulfilling the quests needed to defeat the dragon: the Sphinx motif. Using intelligence, courage, and determination, Pauk defeats the dragon but not before facing the consequences of the knowledge he acquired on his journey. Decadent themes of fate, destiny, tragedy, mystery, and identity present themselves in the Burmese adaptations of Greek myths, in this case, it is Oedipus and the Sphinx. {{clear}}