Cupid and Psyche(Tale of Eros and Psyche)
A city was ruled by a king and queen who had three amazing daughters. The youngest, Psyche, was extremely beautiful that people traveled just to see her. Many people began to worship Psyches beauty; they neglected Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and sex. Venus became jealous and irritated of Psyches beauty. Venus ordered Cupid (Eros), her son to get revenge on Psyche by making fall in love with the most unpleasant, mean, and vile man on Earth; that way her beauty would be wasted. At first, Cupid had no doubt about helping his mother, but when he saw Psyche, he fell in love. As time passed, all of Psyches sisters had gotten married, but no man had asked to marry her. Her parents were confused that they went for help at an oracle of Apollo, not knowing he was a part of Cupids plan. Apollo declared that Psyche should be dressed in black and left alone on a mountain, where a winged serpent would be waiting to take her as its wife. But instead when she was left alone, she found a beautiful palace. After her feast, she laid in bed. While laying in bed she felt someone lay next to her. She couldn't see who it was because the figure was invisible in the dark, but she recognized the voice she had heard when she entered the palace. They become a wonderful, and all would be well, Cupid said, as long as she didn't try to see who he really was. Psyches brought her sisters to the beautiful castle and they became greatly jealous. They told her he must be the hideous serpent and that she should kill him.That night, she turned the lamp on and before she could kill him , she was frozen by his beauty. He felt the light and realized he was exposed to her sight. He flew away right away. She went to Venus and begged for help and Venus gave her tasks that she knew no human could complete, but to Venus's surprise, Psyche completed them. Venus made Psyche fall into a deep sleep. Not long afterward Cupid interfered and released the curse. Cupid went to Jupiter and they turned Psyche immortal and made Venus happy with their relationship so they could have an eternal love.