Cupid’s First Love: The Myth of Eros and Psyche
Feb. 2024
Once upon a time, there was a king who had three wonderful daughters. The youngest, Psyche, was much more beautiful than her two sisters and looked like a goddess among mere mortals
The whole kingdom and its men kept coming to her palace to admire and worship her.
When people would see her, they used to say that not even Aphrodite herself could compete.
The more people who knew Psyche, the less would remember the goddess of love and beauty.
The temples were abandoned, her altars covered with cold ashes and dust, the sculptors weren’t making statues for her; All of the honors were attributed to a simple, mortal girl.
The goddess could not accept such a situation and required help from her son, Eros
Use your power and make this shameless girl fall in love with the vilest and the most despicable creature who has ever walked on Earth.
Eros agreed, but the moment he saw her, he himself felt his heart pierced by one of his own arrows; he couldn’t.
Apollo decreed that Psyche, dressed in black dress, should be brought to the summit of a mountain and stay there alone. That the husband that was assigned to her would come up and take her for his wife
She was prepared for the hill as if she were to face her death and with more cries than if they were to drive her to the tomb, they led the young lady to the hill
She then woke up by the sound of a clear stream and opened her eyes to face a magnificent castle.
Without even seeing him, she was certain that he was not a monster but the loving husband she had always been wishing for
days passed full of joy and Psyche could not remember any happier time of her life
However, day after day, she was feeling sadness that she could not see her husband
she started missing her family, she was alive and happy; she wanted them to see that.
That night, she asked her mysterious husband to grant her favor, he obliges and says OK, I will allow your sisters to come up here, but I am warning you, do not let them influence you. If they do, you will destroy our relationship and suffer a lot.
Her two sisters, came carried by the wind, They were all happy to see each other. The sisters were amazed by all the magnificent treasures that poured into their sight as they walked through the doors.
The two sisters saw that compared to Psyche, their own wealth and happiness were nothing at all.
in total jealousy, they told her, her husband must be an awful snake and if you see him, you will disgust in his sight and leave him forever
Oh, poor Psyche, how can you sleep with such a horrible creature?
That night as they were sleeping, a mortal and a god; side by side,.
she took courage and lit the candle, Walking on her toes as she approached the bed, she put the candle closer and gasped at what she saw
In that same moment wax from the candle made its way down the spine and dripped onto Eros's face.
Eros awoke from the pain and flew away, he told her that her suspicion had killed their love
That they could no longer be together since she – a mortal – saw the face of an immortal.
Love can not live without trust, is the last thing he uttered before he flew into the darkness of the night
She would look everywhere for him and she would prove her love. she went to the temple of Aphrodite and prayed to the goddess
Aphrodite had not, of course, overcome her jealousy for Psyche and still wanted her revenge
Psyche should accomplish three tasks to prove her skills. If she failed in even one of these tasks, Eros would be lost forever.
Zeus, touched by the love of Eros, made Psyche immortal, allowing Eros to unite with her forever.
It is through this story we can see the perseverance of a man even when he is possessed by passion and the effort of a woman to overcome many obstacles in order to achieve the happiness of love.
The story of Cupid and his first love.