Apuleius Story of Cupid and Psyche

A lovely Valentine's Day type romance, the story of Cupid and Psyche comes from the Metamorphoses better known as the Golden Ass of Apuleius. The title refers to a golden coin that was given storytellers, although there is a transformation of a human into a donkey.
Beauty and the Beast is on the same theme as Cupid and Psyche. In both, a young woman is given a fantastic husband whom she doesn't fully appreciate until she loses him. She then has to undergo a series of tasks to win him back.
In the story of Cupid and Psyche, the fantastic husband is the god of love who has fallen in love with a mortal whose beauty compares with Cupid's mother's beauty. Cupid's mother is, of course, the very jealous and interfering goddess Venus.

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