myth of Cupid and Psyche

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Greco-Roman myth literary narrative love story myth

The myth of Cupid and Psyche is an ancient Greco-Roman love story in which a mortal woman endures trials and divine jealousy before ultimately achieving immortal union with the god of love.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cupid and Psyche 3
Cupid and Psyche tale 1
The Story of Cupid and Psyche 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greco-Roman myth ⓘ
literary narrative ⓘ
love story ⓘ
myth ⓘ
adaptedAs ballets ⓘ
operas ⓘ
paintings ⓘ
sculptures ⓘ
centralTheme immortality ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
trials and ordeals ⓘ
union of mortal and god ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion and mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ancient Roman religion and mythology ⓘ
earliestFullSource Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestFullSourceAuthor Apuleius NERFINISHED ⓘ
earliestFullSourceDate 2nd century CE ⓘ
featuresDeity Cupid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter Jupiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Psyche’s sisters ⓘ
Venus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zephyrus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacters Cupid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Psyche NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutcome Psyche’s apotheosis NERFINISHED ⓘ
birth of their daughter Voluptas (Hedone) ⓘ
influenced European literature ⓘ
Neoclassical art NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance art ⓘ
languageOfEarliestFullVersion Latin ⓘ
motifType “animal bridegroom” folktale type ⓘ
plotElement Cupid awakening Psyche from enchanted sleep ⓘ
Jupiter granting Psyche immortality ⓘ
Psyche opening the box of beauty and falling into a deathlike sleep ⓘ
Psyche’s betrayal of Cupid’s trust by looking at him ⓘ
Psyche’s divinely imposed labors ⓘ
Psyche’s separation from Cupid ⓘ
divine jealousy of Venus toward Psyche’s beauty ⓘ
fetching water from the Styx task ⓘ
gathering golden wool task ⓘ
journey to the Underworld to obtain Persephone’s beauty ⓘ
marriage feast of Cupid and Psyche among the gods ⓘ
prohibition on seeing Cupid’s face ⓘ
secret marriage between Psyche and Cupid ⓘ
sorting of mixed grains task ⓘ
relatedToFolktaleType Aarne–Thompson–Uther type ATU 425A NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting unnamed ancient kingdom ⓘ
symbolism Cupid as divine love or desire ⓘ
Psyche as personification of the soul ⓘ
soul’s trials before divine union ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ode to Psyche → alludesTo → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
The Earthly Paradise → contains → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Story of Cupid and Psyche
Amore e Psiche → depicts → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
Kinuko Y. Craft → hasIllustrated → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cupid and Psyche
Apuleius → hasWorkPart → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cupid and Psyche tale
Amore e Psiche → inspiredBy → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
this entity surface form: story of Cupid and Psyche
Tale of the stepmother → relatedWork → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
subject surface form: Tale of the Stepmother
this entity surface form: Cupid and Psyche
Amore e Psiche → translatedTitle → myth of Cupid and Psyche ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cupid and Psyche