Love

[MorgaineLaFay]

What do you know about Cupid and Psyche?

 

[Liontamr]

I know that just when I think I've been hit by that arrow of love, Cupid pops up in front of me, yanks it out and yells "psyche!!"

 

[perks]

cupid<eros> psyche<venus embodied>

a love story.

I met them in a bar once. I think it was the ecstasy.

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

Cupid representing Love and Psyche the Soul...I want to know more..

 

[perks]

You just want me to say "Golden Ass"

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

You just want me to say "Golden Ass"

Read to me Gorgeous

 

[Guest]

Celestial Cupid, her famed son,advanced,
Holds his dear Psyche sweet entranced,
After her wandering labors long,
Till free consent the gods among
Make her his eternal bride;
And from her fair unspotted side
Two blissful twins are to be born,
Youth and Joy; so Jove hath sworn.

Comus by Milton

I love this story.

 

[Guest]

The fable of Cupid and Psyche is usually considered allegorical. The Greek name for butterfly is Psyche, and the same word means "soul." There is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so striking and beautiful as the butterfly, bursting on brilliant wings from the tomb in which it has lain, after a dull, groveling, caterpillar existence, to flutter in the blaze of day and feed on the most fragrant and delicate productions of the spring. Psyche, then, is the human soul, purified by sufferings and misfortunes, and thus prepared for the enjoyment of true and pure happiness.

Excerpt from this page;


http://www.plotinus.com/myth_cupid_psyche.htm

 

[perks]

Read to me Gorgeous

Psyche's quest to win back Cupid's love when it is lost to her first appears in The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius in the 2nd century AD. Psyche is a princess so beautiful that the goddess Venus becomes jealous. In revenge, she instructs her son Cupid to make her fall in love with a hideous monster; but instead he falls in love with her himself. He becomes her unseen husband, visiting her only at night. Psyche disobeys his orders not to attempt to look at him, and in doing so she loses him. In her search for him she undertakes a series of cruel and difficult tasks set by Venus in the hope of winning him back. Cupid can eventually no longer bear to witness her suffering or to be apart from her and pleads their cause to the gods. Psyche becomes an immortal and the lovers are married in heaven.

The origins of the story are obscure. It could have been adapted from a folk-tale or have its roots in ancient myth. It is a story of great charm, a fact which has been reflected in the numerous re-tellings since Apuleius's time. Many writers have interpreted it as an allegory, with Cupid representing Love and Psyche the Soul. It was particularly popular with Renaissance audiences, when poetical, dramatic and musical versions proliferated alongside the many visual representations of the tale. In the 19th century, it notably inspired an ode by John Keats, a prose version by Walter Pater and a long poetical work by William Morris, illustrated by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Today, Cupid and Psyche still symbolise everlasting love - as can be seen by the numerous images of them that appear on Valentine's cards

 

[Andreina]

guess from whom, sweetheart?

 

[CarolineOh]

Frederick Leighton, The Bath Of Psyche

http://privat.ub.uib.no/BUBSY/leighto3.gif

 

[Summery]

Google search is such a wonderful tool.

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[CarolineOh]

William Bouguereau. Psyche et L'Amour

http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/Psyche_et_LAmour.jpg

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

Caroline I love Frederick Leighton! I have Flaming June hanging above my bed.

Raindancer love...I'm reading your post..thank you

 

[CarolineOh]

Google is amazing.
I also have a wonderful site bookmarked, The Book of Gods, Goddesses, and Mythological Characters.http://www.cybercomm.net/~grandpa/gdsindex.html

 

[Summery]

I have the book "Encyclopedia of Gods" by Michael Jordan
It covers 2,500 Deities of the world. It includes so many different cultures too.
I have found it to be interesting, and have enjoyed reading it.

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

I have the book "Encyclopedia of Gods" by Michael Jordan
It covers 2,500 Deities of the world. It includes so many different cultures too.
I have found it to be interesting, and have enjoyed reading it.

I'm coming over to check that out.

 

[CarolineOh]

Caroline I love Frederick Leighton! I have Flaming June hanging above my bed.

Raindancer love...I'm reading your post..thank you

Gee, who would guess that someone who calls herself Morgaine LaFay would love the Pre-Raphaelites.

 

[Summery]

I'm coming over to check that out.

I have your address, I will send it to you this week, if you like?

 

[Suzi]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm....

I LOVE the Greek God(dese)s....Let's hear some more!

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

I have your address, I will send it to you this week, if you like?

I would love to borrow it!

Which reminds me I have mail to send off to you tomorrow

 

[Summery]

I would love to borrow it!

Which reminds me I have mail to send off to you tomorrow

I will send it off to you this week then.

Do you work on Wednesday? Need to call you.

 

[MorgaineLaFay]

I Wednesday yes.


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