Page 3 - The Passionate

Psyche's beauty was heard far and wide

by people. Some even said that even the

beautiful goddess of love like Venus couldn't

compare to her. It made the goddess Venus

very dissatisfied and ordered her son Cupid

to shoot a love arrow at Psyche to make her

fall in love with the most dreadful creature

on earth. But when Cupid met Psyche for

the first time, he fell in love with her

himself. With the fear that his mother

would know the truth, Cupid secretly lived

with Psyche without letting her see his face

and came to see her only when she was

asleep.

As the days went by, Psyche wondered

what her husband would look like. She

decided to peek at his face because of her

curiosity and the encouragement from her

sister. She held the lamp and lifted it close

to him. But, the candle wax dropped on him.

Cupid then woke up in shock and furious.

He said, “Love cannot live where there is no

trust,” and then flew away. Psyche had set

out to look for her husband but could not

find him anywhere. Finally, she went to the

temple of the goddess Venus and begged her

for help. The goddess gave her four tasks.

All of them were missions that were difficult

for humans to complete.