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Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche
T H E
S T O R Y
O F
Cupid &
Psyche
A RETELLING OF THE MYTH
A L O V E R S PAT H
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P U B L I S H E D B Y A RT A N D W O R D S
W W W . L O V E R S PAT H . C O M
TA B L E
OF
CONTENTS
F RO N T I S P I E C E
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T H E S T O RY
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Cupid
visits
Psyche
each
night
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T h e
w i n d s
t a k e
c a r e
o f
P s y c h e
hen Psyche awoke the next morning, he was gone. In that strange but
opulent palace, the winds took care
of Psyches every needs, bringing her
food and wine, jewels to adorn her neck, and silken
robes to wrap around her awakened body. That
night, her mysterious husband returned to make love
to her again in the darkness. But first, Psyche remembered the oracles words, and begged him to let her
view his face so she might know who he was.
His answer was breathed into her ear as he
embraced her. Do you not know me by my touch?
My voice?
But I must see you! she cried.
It is best you do not, he answered firmly.
Never ask me again, dearest Psyche, or I shall have
to leave you. And the next morning, he slipped away
again before the brilliant sun could reveal his identity to her.
Because he was kind, loving and generous, Psyche
soon accepted her husbands strange demand. She
even felt a response to his ardor that she had not
expected. Her days were spent yearning for the too
short, sleepless nights when her husband would
eagerly teach her the arts of love and desire. Psyche
forgot about any other life but the one she shared
with her lover.
In time, though, Psyche carried a child within
her, but this awareness brought back her doubts.
Whose child was she carrying? What if it had been a
serpent she had beddedand how could she know
since she had never seen her husband? What if she
had been wooed only to spawn a beast who would
slay her upon his coming into the world? Psyche
decided that no matter what the cost, she must know
who her husband waseven if to gaze upon him would
destroy her and her unborn child.
P s y c h e
i s
t e m p t e d
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