Cupid and psyche the enchanted palace kids valentines. The ancient greeks told this story to generations of people. But when her beauty draws the jealous anger of the powerful goddess. Including the wellknown myths like pandoras box, jason and the golden fleece,and others, new. Lots of formal and old english, but nevertheless the original english translation alas, poore psyche from mr. K y craft is one of my favorite childrens books illustrators. Jun 7, 2012 this boards holds images related to the myth of eros and psyche. In a far, mountainous kingdom, a king had three daughters. The story of psyche and eros is one of the most treasured love stories of all time.
Psyche the gorgeous maiden psyche was a woman gifted with extreme beauty and grace, one of the mortal women whose love and sacrifice for her beloved god eros earned her immortality. Mistress of a seaside, olivegroved paradise, the aging widow laura rodostamo has invited family and friends to her estate for the usual summer gathering. Understanding feminine psychology, published in 1976 by. There is so much to see that i can look many times and still see new things i didnt. With exciting stories, illustrated with beautiful pictures and easytounderstand text, it takes you back through the ages to the scenes of the stories. This tale comes from apuleiuss version of cupid and psyche. Though probably part of an older greek oral tradition, the popular european story of a beauty marrying a beast, discovering his inner beauty, losing him for lack of trust or by thoughtlessness, and regaining him through a long and arduous quest, had its first literary appearance in the latin novel. Freedom, love, and the complications brought about by conflict between the two are the subjects of earnest soulsearching on a sunkissed greek island. Cupid and psyche is a story originally from metamorphoses also called the golden ass, written in the 2nd century ad by lucius apuleius madaurensis or platonicus. Greek myth eros and psyche summer theatre show at woodley library once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived three princesses. A gorgeous book and wellwritten story for older children, parents and educators. The archetype of the greek myth of psyche and eros appears regularly in movies and artifacts even today. Roman names for greek spirits are used within the novel, i. Except for the myth adaptions which may have differences, please make sure the cupid in the book is the cupid and not a cupid.
Briefly reunited with eros, psyche has a daughter, joy, and later is transformed into a goddess at last. This type of book is appreciated not only due to the selection of themes, which are related to young people, and style of presentation, but also due to academic epilogues written by the. It took a while, but eros finally convinced his mother, aphrodite, to accept psyche as his wife. Theres also a animated version on youtube about 26 mins. Mythic warriors guardians of the legend eros and psyche. Though the story is about their union, the book unfolds as a fairy tale, skirting over the details of love so. Librivox recording of eros and psyche by robert bridges, read by nathan bridges eros and psyche retells the eros cupid and psyche myth first recorded by lucius apuleius in his book the golden ass. See more ideas about eros and psyche, cupid and psyche, classic art. When eros shot his little arrows into an unwary victim, that victim fell in love with the very next person they saw. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Red wheelweiser imprints include conari press which publishes titles on spirituality, personal growth, relationships to parenting, and social issues. The poem is divided into twelve cantos one for each of the twelve months of the year which gives the poem a certain, almost pastoral feel.
Psyche often wondered why aphrodite had mortal servants, when eros had been able to create invisible wraiths to carry out their orders. The love of eros and psyche is perhaps his most powerful mythic and human story yet. Everything was great besides that she didnt get a husband yet. Sankha bannerjee does an awesome job of breathing life into the adventure and the mythospiritual world it unfolds in. Psyche, a beautiful maiden, personifies the human soul. Transformed into a donkey by magic gone wrong, lucius undergoes various trials and adventures, and finally regains human form by eating roses sacred to isis. Wilfrid laurier up, 1992 is for the use of professor josephs class, in search of cupid and psyche. Charlotte craft studied comparative literature at columbia university in new york. Part of the cambridge reading scheme for key stage 2p47, psyche and eros retells the greek myth in marcia williams inimitable fashion. The new york times complimented her first book, cupid and psyche, for its clear, simple text and noted that the book a excels in conveying the mythology. Eros was the little son of aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Cupid and psyche was always a favorite of the greek myths and coming across this beautifully drawn adaptation is a nice touch. In the earliest account, he is a primordial god, while in later accounts he is described as one of the children of aphrodite and ares and, with some of his siblings, was one of the.
She supposed the goddess enjoyed it, and felt it a mortals proper place, to abjectly wait upon their deity. Youll get my drift as soon as you read the synopsis below. Though the story is about their union, the book unfolds as a fairy tale, skirting over the details of love so that its appropriate for even the smallest children. She was so lovely that men would travel from all over just to look at her. Marassas greek mythology course more fun than the wikipedia article below. With aphrodites help, he convinced the great zeus to admit psyche to the ranks of the immortal gods. Susan seddon boulet psyche and eros, 1994 and heart of the jaguar pomegranate publications printed in korea vantiquefinds 4. Part i cast erosvoice young god of love psyche beautiful mortal princess aphrodite goddess of love and beauty king psyches father sister one psyches conceited sister sister two psyches other conceited sister zephyr the west wind servant invisible servant narrator. Psyches myth first appears in lucius apuleius secondcentury ce novel the golden ass. In celebration, psyche and eros threw a party at the palace. Eros won the godgoddess of the month poll competition for july 2014. Guardians of the legend is an animated television series, which featured retellings of popular greek myths that were altered so as to be. The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between psyche.
Aphrodite, the goddess of love, is deeply jealous of psyche, a beautiful human girl. Magically, psyche finds herself in a magnificent castle fitted with sweet music, attentive servants, and a charming but invisible host. Psyche was tortured by the jealous goddess aphrodite and her sisters, however, it stirred up the desire in her at the same time to fight for undying love. Troll eros and psyche fairytale fantasies childrens book illustration book illustrations faeries jessie fantasy art fairy tales indigodreams jessie bayes 18781970, cupid and psyche notes. Myth of eros and psyche origin of love book 1 by jendela. Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived three princesses. When aphrodites son, eros, falls in love with psyche, aphrodite tries to get rid of her in various unusual ways. When psyches sister starts filling her mind with awful ideas about her invisible suitor, she decides to covertly see who he is, only to discover an angry eros. Eros vital statistics family scopespatron of other eros was the mischievous god of love, a minion and constant companion of the goddess aphrodite. The myth of eros and psyche is probably one of the best love stories in classical mythology. It is the prototype for the fairy tale beauty and the beast. Firsttime author marie charlotte craft and her mother, awardwinning illustrator kinuko craft combine detailed oiloverwatercolor paintings and easytoread text to introduce the story of the arrowshooting cupid, god of love, and the beautiful princess psyche to younger readers. Some men went as far as to say that psyches beauty made her worthy of the title of goddess of beauty.
Eros gathered her into his arms and flew them back to his palace. Cupid and psyche the enchanted palace is a short story from good stories for great holidays kids stories for valentines day close note. This is beautifully illustrated by one of my favorite artists and it is another. Eros, son of aphrodite, was the personification of intense love desire and he was depicted throwing arrows to people in order to hit their heart and make them fall in love. Cupids nocturnal visits are for conversation only and the two dont marry or have their child until the last sentence. Cupid and psyche is a story originally from metamorphoses written in the 2nd century ad by. Psyche lives in the comfort of her parents wealthy kingdom. Eros eventually rescued psyche when she was sent to the underworld and because of this, they ended up getting married and living happily ever after. Books featuring the mythological god eros greek or cupid roman. Apuleius was a latin writer and greek sophist who was a north african native and a roman citizen.
See more ideas about mythology, eros and psyche and art. The tale of cupid and psyche or eros and psyche is placed at the midpoint of apuleiuss novel, and occupies about a fifth of its total length. Like his mother, eros helped others to fall in love. Often read as an allegory of the souls troublous journey through life towards a mystic union with the divine after death, eros and psyche is one of the very few fairytales that have reached us from the ancient world. Cupid and psyche the trial of psyche kids valentines. Again, this is from the person who is collecting books for her future gdwilling children. Josephine preston peabody wrote a version for children in her old greek folk stories told anew 1897. Treatment of emotional and mental disharmonies with acupuncture and chinese herbs by maciocia cacnanjing, giovanni aug 3, 2009 4. The book i am going to introduce you to isnt your run of the mill romance but rather one with a unique setting and even more unique characters. A picturebook retelling of the classic greek myth, in which cupid, the god of love and the son of venus, falls in love with a mortal princess named psyche. Psyche is the most beautiful woman in the world, yet the oracle at delphi foresees she will fall in love with a creature feared even by the gods themselves. She was so beautiful, in fact, that the powerful goddess of love, aphrodite, became jealous of psyche.
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