5. girls’
girls’ in the mortal land
and that made Venus (or
Aphrodite) – the Goddess
of Love and Beauty – so
envious and anxious
because people forgot to
worship her power.
6. Thus, she told her
son Cupid – the
winged God of
Love –
to shoot his arrows
making Psyche fall
in love with the
ugliest man ever.
7. However, the trouble
was that Cupid also
fell in love with
Psyche from the
very first time he
saw her as if he
had just shot
himself
8.
9. responsibility and
she even tried to
console her
parents’ grieve.
Psyche accepted her fate
because it was a princess’s
10. She was left alone in a
mountain,
but no serpent
came as said.
She only felt a cool
breeze taking her to
a magnificent
palace where
she was served like a
queen by invisible
11. Her husband
only came to
her at night and
she never saw
his face.
Her husband
only came to
her at night and
she never saw
his face.
However, she
also quietly
fell in love
with him.
However, she
also quietly
fell in love
with him.
18. One night …
Psyche waited for
her husband to
sleep soundly and
came back with a
lamp.
Under the light she
finally saw her
husband’s face, as
beautiful as he always
was, the God of Love.
19. She was deeply
touched and her hands
were trembling so
hard that she dropped
a bit oil from the lamp
on his shoulder and
awoke him.
24. Meanwhile, Venus
found out her son’s
disobedience and
locked him in his
room to prevent
him from going for
his wife. Then one
day she finally met
with Psyche.
25. The envious Goddess
thought she would
challenge Psyche with
difficult tasks so that
she would
either die or become
old and ugly so
that Cupid would not
love her anymore
26. She asked Psyche to
separate a mess of
grains;
then to get some
wool from the vicious
golden sheep
and then bring back
some water from the
River Styx.
30. Venus was so angry at
Psyche’s success. She
finally came up with
the most wicked idea
which was to challenge
Psyche to go to the
Underworld to ask for
a bit of beauty from
Queen Proserpina
(or Persephone).
31. However, on the
way back Psyche
was curious and
also she wanted to
take a bit of that
piece to beautify
herself before
seeing Cupid
again
32.
33.
34. Many days and
difficulties
went by and
finally she met
with Proserpina
and had a piece
of her beauty to
put in a small
box to go back
to Venus
