▁all ▁manifest ations ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁language , ▁he ▁sought ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁fundamental ▁units ▁of ▁myth , ▁namely , ▁the ▁my theme . ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁broke ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁versions ▁of ▁a ▁myth ▁down ▁into ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁sentences , ▁consisting ▁of ▁a ▁relation ▁between ▁a ▁function ▁and ▁a ▁subject . ▁Sent ences ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁function ▁were ▁given ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁and ▁bund led ▁together . ▁These ▁are ▁myth emes . ▁ ▁What ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁believed ▁he ▁had ▁discovered ▁when ▁he ▁exam ined ▁the ▁relations ▁between ▁myth emes ▁was ▁that ▁a ▁myth ▁consists ▁of ▁ju xt ap osed ▁binary ▁oppos itions . ▁O ed ip us , ▁for ▁example , ▁consists ▁of ▁the ▁over rating ▁of ▁blood ▁relations ▁and ▁the ▁under rating ▁of ▁blood ▁relations , ▁the ▁aut och th on ous ▁origin ▁of ▁humans ▁and ▁the ▁den ial ▁of ▁their ▁aut och th on ous ▁origin . ▁In fl uen ced ▁by ▁H eg el , ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁human ▁mind ▁thinks ▁fund ament ally ▁in ▁these ▁binary ▁oppos itions ▁and ▁their ▁un ification ▁( the ▁th esis , ▁ant ith esis , ▁synth esis ▁tri ad ), ▁and ▁that ▁these ▁are ▁what ▁makes ▁meaning ▁possible . ▁Furthermore , ▁he ▁considered ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁myth ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁sle ight ▁of ▁hand , ▁an ▁association ▁of ▁an ▁irre con cil able ▁binary ▁opposition ▁with ▁a ▁recon cil able ▁binary ▁opposition , ▁creating ▁the ▁ill usion ,