It was a test to see how much she trusted him.
Venus wanted to get Psyche out of the way - Psyche was too pretty.
Cupid (Eros) does not have an arrow IN in his back but he carries golden arrows to shoot peole with so they fall in love with the first person the see.
They are all Santa's reindeer. See here for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus'_reindeer
well she didnt know he was dead. she left before he was killed and she didnt remember bringing him back to life. if you remember she thought he was really dead after the dalek shot and killed him.
He would like to see me get an A+ in all my classes :D
Venus wanted to get Psyche out of the way - Psyche was too pretty.
Cupid did not set any tests for Psyche, save that he came and went invisible to her and she lit a light to see him sleeping. It was his mother who tested Psyche to see if she were worthy of him.
Cupid warned her solemnly not to be persuaded by anyone to try to see him, on pain of being separated from him forever.
Psyche betrays Cupid by breaking the rule he set for her not to look at his true form. Despite his warnings, she becomes curious and uses a lamp to see him while he sleeps. This act of betrayal causes Cupid to leave her.
Basically, Psyche is good. Long story short, Cupid accidentally falls in love with her when Venus sends him to kill Psyche (Venus hates Psyche, a mortal, for being too beautiful). Venus is angry, and places a curse on Psyche. The curse makes certain that no man will ever marry her, despite her beauty. Cupid is angry and refuses to make anyone fall in love for as long as the curse continues. This means that people stop praising Venus. Eventually Venus caves to Cupid, allowing him to have one thing. He asks to have Psyche. Venus agrees. Meanwhile, down on earth, Psyche's parents abandoned her on a mountain, as advised by an oracle. The wind carries her away to a valley. At night, her groom arrives. The groom is Cupid, but Psyche doesn't know that. She becomes pregnant, still not knowing who her husband is. Cupid wants to wait to tell her who he is. Psyche's jealous sisters convince her that her husband is a serpent and that she should kill it while it's sleeping, but Psyche turns on a light and realizes who her husband really is. Cupid flees. Psyche gets back at her sisters by telling them that Cupid wants to marry them and that they should jump off of a mountain and the wind will take them to him. They both jump to their death. Psyche then enlists the help of several goddesses to find Cupid. They all tell her that she must consult Venus. Venus gives her several tasks to complete in order to be allowed to see Cupid again. She completes all of the "impossible" tasks, such as sorting seeds and fetching golden wool, with the help of various animals. After the last task, which involved going into the Underworld to get a box of beauty, Cupid begs Zeus to intervene and allow them to marry. He agrees, and Cupid and Psyche, who is made immortal, have a child together. Eventually, Psyche and Venus make amends. So, Psyche is good, unless you're asking Venus, who hated Psyche. You can also learn from this answer that it is really hard to briefly summarize Greek myths.
The box was empty when Psyche left for the underworld. She was supposed to have Proserpina, the Queen of the Underworld, place a bit of Psyche's beauty in the box. When Psyche leaves the underworld, she decides to open the box and take a little bit of the beauty for herself, but the box does not contain beauty; it contains sleep, and Psyche falls asleep. Cupid, who has by now forgiven Psyche, rushes to her aid, and puts the sleep back in the box, waking Psyche. He then appeals to Jupiter, who decides that Psyche be made immortal and marry Cupid. For more information, please see the Related Link below.
The box was empty when Psyche left for the underworld. She was supposed to have Proserpina, the Queen of the Underworld, place a bit of Psyche's beauty in the box. When Psyche leaves the underworld, she decides to open the box and take a little bit of the beauty for herself, but the box does not contain beauty; it contains sleep, and Psyche falls asleep. Cupid, who has by now forgiven Psyche, rushes to her aid, and puts the sleep back in the box, waking Psyche. He then appeals to Jupiter, who decides that Psyche be made immortal and marry Cupid. For more information, please see the Related Link below.
The box was empty when Psyche left for the underworld. She was supposed to have Proserpina, the Queen of the Underworld, place a bit of Psyche's beauty in the box. When Psyche leaves the underworld, she decides to open the box and take a little bit of the beauty for herself, but the box does not contain beauty; it contains sleep, and Psyche falls asleep. Cupid, who has by now forgiven Psyche, rushes to her aid, and puts the sleep back in the box, waking Psyche. He then appeals to Jupiter, who decides that Psyche be made immortal and marry Cupid. For more information, please see the Related Link below.
More people went to see Psyche then Venus; Venus was jealous of her.
It means the human soul, mind, or spirit and refers to the "non-material" part of a person. It's taken from Greek mythology, where Psyche was a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; this became the personification of the soul.
he has a nice romantic story about him and his wife Psyche, they had a daughter called 'pleasure'. Psyche was a mortal but she was so beautiful that Venus got jealous. So Venus asked Cupid (her son) to shoot one of his arrows in Psyche and make her fall in love with a horrid creature. Cupid got there and fell in love with her and just couldn't do it. So he took her a way to a magic castle where everything isn't real but luxurious and she had invisible servants. By night she had cupid with her but she couldn't see him. One day she grew lonely so she got her sisters to come around, but her sisters got jealous. So they told her that she doesn't even know her husband and that he could be a monster. So that night she crept in his room to see him. She took an oil lamp with her to see, then she leaned over and saw that he was a beautiful god. But then oil dropped on sleeping cupid and he woke up pained and angered so he went away and the magic castle was gone! then he went to heaven and realised he loves her too much so he went to Zeus to turn her into a goddess and he said yes! so cupid and Psyche lived happily ever after!
Yes he did. Her name was Psyche, a beautiful, young mortal. She was praised by many for her beauty, and men came from afar to worship her. They abandoned Aphrodite's temples for a mortal girl.Aphrodite was angry and jealous, so she told her son, Cupid, to make her fall in love with a terrible monster. However, he fell in love with her himself.Meanwhile, though men were praising Psyche's beauty, none wanted to marry her. Puzzled, Psyche's father went to see an oracle. At Cupid's instruction, the oracle commanded that Psyche be left on a hilltop and would be taken by a fearful winged serpent for marriage. Horrified, but unable to do anything, Psyche's father and sisters bid her farewell.Zepher carried Psyche to a mansion. There, she lived with her 'husband', but never knew of his identity at his command. Finally, her sisters came to visit, though Cupid did not want this. Seeing Psyche's beautiful mansion, her sisters were very jealous. They came up with a plot; they told Psyche that she had to know who her husband was, and that she should take a lamp and look at his face while he was sleeping. Agreeing, Psyche did so.When she finally realized that her husband was Cupid, the god of love, it was too late. A drop of oil from her lamp landed on his face, and he quickly awoke. Finding that his wife had disobeyed his orders, he fled to his mother's chambers so she could care for his wounds.Psyche was brokenhearted. She prayed to all of the other gods, but none would help in fear of angering Aphrodite. Finally, she offered herself to Aphrodite as her servant.Then, Aphrodite made Psyche do 'impossible' tasks. She had to sort seeds out of a large pile, then she had to get golden fleece from fierce sheep, then get water from the River Styx, and finally get a box of beauty from Proserpine. Psyche succeeded in all of those tasks, with the help of ants, a green reed, an eagle, and a tower, respectively.However, Psyche opened the box of beauty before taking it to Aphrodite. This caused her to fall into a deep slumber. She was awakened by Cupid, who went to Jupiter to officially marry them. This was done, and Psyche was granted immortality. Aphrodite was no longer angered, as she could not object to a goddess as a daughter-in-law. In addition, when Psyche would be caring for children and Cupid, she would no longer have the time to meddle with Aphrodite's worshipers.