What is the summary of Cupid and Psyche?
They start interrogating her about who her husband is. At first, Psyche lies and says he’s a handsome young man who spends all day hunting in the mountains. They don’t buy it, though, and keep pumping her for information. Eventually, Psyche admits that she’s never seen him and that he only comes at night.
What does the myth of Cupid and Psyche teach about love?
Cupid and Psyche Make Us Hopeful About Love Another moral to this story is the idea that love will find you – -and true love will never really leave you behind. Adapted from my book, The Goddess Pages: A Divine Guide to Finding Love and Happiness.
What kind of love does Cupid have for Psyche?
Cupid is sent to shoot Psyche with an arrow so that she may fall in love with something hideous. He instead scratches himself with his own dart, which makes any living thing fall in love with the first thing it sees. Consequently, he falls deeply in love with Psyche and disobeys his mother’s order.
What’s the theme of Cupid and Psyche?
Betrayal. The central conflict of the myth of Cupid and Psyche stems from a betrayal. Cupid hides his true face from Psyche, asking her not to look upon his godlike form as a test of her faith in him, and she betrays this trust when her sisters provoke her into believing that her husband is truly a hideous monster.
What happened after Psyche saw Cupid?
Psyche became the goddess of the soul. She and Cupid had a daughter named Hedone (Voluptas in Latin), who became the goddess of pleasure.
What is the main conflict of Cupid and Psyche?
One of the major conflicts in the story of Cupid and Psyche is jealousy. Jealousy is shown when Venus forces Psyche to complete lots of nearly impossible tasks. In the end, it takes the intervention of the king of the gods, Jupiter (a.k.a. Zeus), to calm this jealous lady down.
What were Psyche’s 4 tasks?
The four tasks were:
- Sort a huge mount of barley, millet, poppy seeds, lentils, and beans.
- Gather a hank of the wool of the shining golden sheep.
- Fill a crystal vessel with the water of the spring that feeds the Styx and Cocytus.
- Aphrodite asked Psyche to bring her back a box of Persephone’s beauty cream.
What is the moral lesson of the story Cupid and Psyche?
Cupid teaches Psyche the lesson that without trust there can be no love.