Eros and Psyche Story (Complete) - Greek Mythology - Cupid and Psyche Myth #Mythology

[Music] Saiki was one of three daughters of a noble Greek King her two sisters were beautiful but psyches gorgeousness was so blatantly evident that she attracted everyone's attention something that made her sisters quite jealous people from distant kingdoms travelled long distances just to witness such beauty Saiki began to be worshipped as if she was a deity and the tributes once paid to Aphrodite the goddess of beauty were now focused on the young and beautiful princess the goddess was outraged after noticing how empty her temple was while Saiki had around her parades of people admiring her youthful beauty Aphrodite decided to punish the young girl responsible for such defiance and ordered her son eros the God of love and passion to use his arc to make psyche fall in love with a horrendous creature at night arrows walked to the princess's room who was asleep arrows pointed his golden arrow to the princess a weapon that could make any wounded person fall in love even the gods as he admired her eros was amazed by psyches splendorous beauty the fact that my mother is jealous of this mortal being is no coincidence her beauty can eclipse the most beautiful among the nymphs and goddess suddenly sight turned herself during her sleep and this unexpected movement distracted eros who inadvertedly injured himself with his own weapon the wounded God immediately fell in love with the young and beautiful mortal being and due to his love eros couldn't finish his mission and nor did he hurt psyche however Aphrodite couldn't let the princess go without any punishment so despite her beauty the young girl would never be pursued by any claimant her sisters got married and Psyche the most beautiful remained single and one of her sister said psyche psyche you have always been enjoyed by all but you remain single while my sister and I are already quite well married with men of the finest noble lineage the King psyches father was already unsettled by his favorite daughter situation and decided to pay a visit to the Oracle of Delphi looking for answers through the pythoness god Apollo uttered the following words your daughter will marry up of standing at being one who finds happiness and hurting mortal beings and gods your princess must be abandoned near the abyss with wedding garments this is the place where she will be delivered to the dreadful creature who will be the cause of her death Apollo was talking about eros the god of love the god Apollo is deeply resentful of eros since he forced the god of music to endure an unrequited love the King desolated kept resisting the idea of having to lose her daughter but persuaded by psyches sisters he decided to follow the Oracles guidance to avoid an even bigger curse which would certainly fall upon the kingdom the princess was taken to the abyss along with a wedding march which resembled a funeral march more than anything else psyche listening to her father's weeping said why are you regretting my luck some time ago you were proud of seeing me being worshipped as a goddess even though you were aware of how sacrilegious that was now take me to the peak of the mountain and let me find my sad fate psyche was abandoned near the abyss waiting for her terrible husband a brie started to take psyche towards the sky this wind was the God Zephyrus also known as the west wind who then took the princess to a palace in the clouds where psyche would finally meet the husband to whom she was promised [Music] Saiki had been abandoned near a precipice where as per designated by the Oracle of Delphi she would be delivered to a cruel creature zephyrus a deity of the winds took the princess and led her to a beautiful palace located in the clouds the place was extremely wealthy and included gold and silver plated ornaments the palace also had gardens of an immense beauty the kind where not even the most skillful gardeners would be able to cultivate psyche was astounded by such beauty and heard a voice talking to her my lady everything you're now seeing is yours and we are in a position where we can offer you anything you want there was no one around her but the young girl noticed that those were invisible servants they helped her during the bath the meals and sang beautiful songs telling her that her husband would only appear at night ready to consummate their marriage the night arrived and anxious Saiki awaited in her bed for her dreaded husband the room was engulfed in absolute darkness it was impossible to see any shadow the young girl felt the presence of her husband in the room and unlike what she was expecting she was treated with all the love and affection every single night Saiki was visited by her husband and with him she enjoyed nights of intense love and pleasure but when Dawn arrived he was already gone in one of those nights Saiki asked my love why do you always hide in the shadows I'd love to know how you really are is it the love we share enough all I'm asking is that you don't try to see me in the darkness we are equals psyche decided to abide by the husband's request and never mentioned the subject again however as time went by psyche started to miss her family and asked the following my husband I miss my family so much and my heart aches knowing that they think I'm dead I beg you to let me visit them eros accepted psyches request because according to his thoughts if she decided to return after having been released that would be the ultimate proof of her genuine love psyches relatives were surprised by the young girl's return who they thought they would never see again and her return was nothing short of exhilarating ornamented with the most beautiful jewels psyche resembled the wealthiest of all queens her jealous sisters didn't believe in any of psyche stories which she told while offering stunning presents to her relatives our sister tends to exaggerate everything she says I don't believe that everything she mentions is that wonderful you don't need to believe in me come and you'll see it with your own eyes and so Zephyrus the west wind took psyche and her sisters to the heavenly Palace and they realized that everything that their sister said was in being the truth but that only fostered the jealousy of her sisters even more who said I know everything looks wonderful but can't you recall what the Oracle said you've married a monster and he will be responsible for your death do this when you sense he is asleep grab a knife turn the light on and cut his throat her sister's walked away but they planted the seed of mistrust in psyches heart night arrived and her husband was already sleeping next to her the young girl grabbed the knife and lighted a lamb when she approached the bed Saiki noticed that he wasn't a monster rather a young man with a stunning beauty the girl got closer to contemplate her husband's incredulous beauty and concluded that he could only be a God however a drop of oil haphazardly fell off the lamp hitting and burning arrows his chest who woke up frightened seeing psyche with a knife in her hand how can you be such a fool is this how you repay my love thinking that I'm a monster and wanting to slash my throat forgive me my love I know I've committed an error but we can fix it I only asked you one thing and you couldn't do it and so you'll never see me again arrows flew out of the window Saiki jumped after him but couldn't manage to catch him and so she hit the ground the Falls injuries were mild but her heart was be pleased knowing that psyche had returned her sister's ran to the precipice waiting for the God to take them zephyrus started to blow his wind and the sisters jumped into his arms but he didn't grab them and so they fell right from the top of the abyss desolated the poor psyche decided to devote herself to goddess Demeter at her temple but she never stopped to think about her lost love for a single minute Saiki had been abandoned by eros desolated the young girl made the decision to devote herself to the temple of the goddess Demeter she did all her tasks with extreme dedication but even that amount of work was not enough to make her forget her lost love just for a minute the goddess Demeter felt sorry for the poor girl and decided to help her I feel compassion for your pain and so I'm giving you the following advice visit Aphrodite's temple and offer yourself with humbleness and submission and perhaps you will curb the goddesses wrath and who knows maybe you'll even reconquer your love listening to the goddesses advice psyche visited the temple of the goddess of love the young girl was welcomed by Aphrodite with a great dose of mistrust I'm willing to do anything to at least have one chance to get your forgiveness and reconquer my love the most insolent in disloyal of all creatures in these lands now wants to be a servant of mine you cannot just believe that you will have my forgiveness so easily after having stolen my tributes and hurting my son purging your sins will be quite painful and you will have to undergo the hardest works which may jeopardize your life as her first deed site you would have to visit the granary and separate the different sorts of grains which were completely mixed the difficulty of such a task would have stunned even Hercules the god eros who hidden was watching everything ask the ants to help psyche in her task and the young girl managed to finish it within record time Aphrodite was outraged with how quickly she completed the job and ordered psyche to bring her the golden wool of dangerous sheep with the helpful advice of the river god the young girl was able to shear the Lambs without being attacked the god of beauty then demanded water from the source of the sticks located on the top of a mountain the task appeared to be unsurmountable but Zeus ordered his eagle to gather water from the source and then deliver it to psyche and so the job was achieved I know you have completed these tasks thanks to the pity of the gods but your next one will cause something that only you can pay the hassles you have caused me have eroded my beauty so I'm ordering you to go to the kingdom of Hades and ask Queen Persephone to fill this box with beauty to regain my splendor with that you will have my forgiveness and my blessing to reunite with my son psyche knew her end was nigh she couldn't find a way to access the underworld unless she decided to take her own life the young girl was ready to jump off from the top of a tower when she heard a voice there's another way I'll tell you the route and how you can overcome the obstacles known as Charon the ferryman and Cerberus the three-headed dog but when you come back don't ever open the box in any situation Saiki descended through a cave and reached the bank of the Acheron in the underworld she gave two coins to Charon the ferryman as his pay telling him I'm at the service of the goddess Aphrodite and I have a meeting with Queen Persephone who is waiting for me she crossed the river of the souls towards Hades domains face-to-face with Persephone psyche asked I'm here at Aphrodite's request who asks you to fill this box with a bit of your beauty so that she can restore hers Persephone gave her the box back which was now heavier and she set sail towards the exit eights of the underworld she encountered Cerberus which prevented her passage however she had with her barley bread and honey soaked with so horrific medicine which she handed to the dog it fell asleep right away and so psyche kept walking towards the surface while the ferryman was taking her back the young girl noticed her own reflection in the waters and noticed how tired she looked due to all those efforts as she ascended to the surface psyche thought this box is almost bursting with beauty there's nothing wrong with picking some of it for me and when I reencounter my love I will be beautiful and splendorous for him Saiki opened the box and a black mist slipped out of it breathing in this mists psyche started to black out and her life moved out of her body aware of what had happened eros departed to find his love when he found psyche she was already cold like a cadaver Thanatos the personification of death was already next to the young girl's body using his powers eros removed the deadly mist from his lovers body and put it back into the box psyche woke up in the arms of arrows and said my love I now know that I can look into your eyes without the risk of losing you and so the couple kissed each other infatuated li eros ordered psyche to finish her job delivering the box to Aphrodite in the meantime the God of love flew to Mount Olympus where he begged Zeus to convince Aphrodite to allow the couple's Union psyche was taken to Mount Olympus where all gods were waiting for her and from the hand of Zeus himself she was offered the nectar and the ambrosia elements which conceded immortality and so the Supreme God honored psyche you had walked ass tenuous path but in the end you managed to complete your journey now you are immortal and free from the obstacles created by men's ignorance and the bond that ties you and your husband will never be broken and this love you have shall last throughout eternity head knee the deity of pleasure was born from the union of Eros and Psyche and the couple's love lasts throughout eternity [Music]

Channel: See U in History / Mythology

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Id: tB5t057v-0o

Length: 16min 38sec (998 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 14 2018