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

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  • Greek Mythology: The story of Eros and Psyche (Cupid and Psyche)
    Wiki: Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses, written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche, "Soul" or "Breath of Life" and Cupid (Latin Cupido, "Desire") or Amor ("Love", Greek Eros ’′Ερως), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC. The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth.
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  • @connorgolden4
    @connorgolden4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9741

    Greek mythology is never boring

  • @antonissofoulis6032
    @antonissofoulis6032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3634

    One of the best love stories that didnt finish in tragedy.

    • @petersalucci5444
      @petersalucci5444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      antonis Sofoulis
      IKR finally

    • @mypassions1
      @mypassions1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank the Gods for that 💚

    • @theultimateshadow7232
      @theultimateshadow7232 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mypassions1 I do.

    • @43houseplants75
      @43houseplants75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Which is why Aphrodite didn’t ship them. (Heroes of Olympus reference)

    • @suzy2462
      @suzy2462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      antonis Sofoulis yesssssss period

  • @sonaligharat8258
    @sonaligharat8258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3620

    Why isint no one appreciating Demeter for acting like a mother figure and encouraging Psyche to go and correct her mistakes!?

    • @betsy7357
      @betsy7357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I have

    • @whovianhistorybuff
      @whovianhistorybuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      She was nice to psyche because she wandered heartbroken for a while having lost eros and came across a temple to demeter, saw that it was in a mess with grain offerings and farm tools scattered all over the place, she then (despite being heartbroken and no one asking her to do so) decided to clean and tidy the place up, this act of unselfishness, kindness and respect helped her get in demeter's favour and was the first step to getting her love back, there are said to be many metaphors and lessons in this story (one of the reasons why this is one of my favourite greek myths) for example psyche literally means soul and became the goddess of the human soul and hedone literally means joy or happiness (hence where we get the words hedonism and hedonistic from) and that could be said that the union of love (eros) and soul (psyche) can give birth to happiness (hedone).
      The demeter part could be seen as the idea that if you do a random act of being kindness it can come back to reward you (shown well in another iteration where it was demeter who sent the ants to help her sort the grains).
      Additional the other gods helped her by various means (Zeus with the eagle, demeter with the ants and the river god with the advice of how to gather the golden fleece) they weren't allowed to help psyche directly although they all agreed that aphrodite was being unjustly horrible to an innocent girl who really had never done anything wrong, she had never even made ANY claims to being more beautiful than aphrodite, other people claimed that.

    • @soul8938
      @soul8938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@whovianhistorybuff although i like what you said i had to chuckle at the part where the other gods help her because aphrodite is being unjustly cruel after just seeing the oedipus video they really must have hated that dude...😂😢

    • @jn___
      @jn___ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i was about to ask that until i saw your comment

    • @vithikahaldhar250
      @vithikahaldhar250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She didn't do anything wrong in the first place.

  • @junevenesadang2386
    @junevenesadang2386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1698

    No, eros did not literally wounded himself with his own arrow. In books they say "he glanced at psyche...and fell in love instantaneously AS IF he were shot with one of his own arrows."

    • @jonny2hotty378
      @jonny2hotty378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      In this guy story, Eros is kinda... suicidal, he cuts his veins with his dagger to fall in love

    • @josy2608
      @josy2608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@jonny2hotty378 I like that much better

    • @whovianhistorybuff
      @whovianhistorybuff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      There was another story of this where as psyche is standing over eros with the dagger and lamp and sees him for the first time she ALSO stabs herself with the arrow and (since she was already in love with him) falls doubly in love with him.

    • @sophiacagna8796
      @sophiacagna8796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thank you for clearing it up.

    • @arliesam217
      @arliesam217 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds more natural

  • @hamcr0cs496
    @hamcr0cs496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    "don't open the box"
    *opens the box*

  • @dearluciella5032
    @dearluciella5032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4810

    No Zeus ruining their marriage or something? Finally!

    • @theultimateshadow7232
      @theultimateshadow7232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      YEAH!

    • @ivanramirez1333
      @ivanramirez1333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Zues helped her

    • @shizukomirai6985
      @shizukomirai6985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      Las soon as I heard Zeus I expected him to bang psyche or force her to be his wife and maybe eat her.... How unusual of him to help and act as a God 😂😂

    • @megabladechronicles962
      @megabladechronicles962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@shizukomirai6985 well Eros was his grandson, so he probably wanted to help him as well

    • @guzmankrystal65
      @guzmankrystal65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Zeus back off this not your place 😍😍

  • @joaniedallaire4352
    @joaniedallaire4352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5537

    The Story of Eros and Psyche is litterally that Love cannot be complete without the Soul. Eros was a mischevious god in most myths and was responsible for a lot of mess (Medea/Jason, Apollo/Daphne, Paris/Helen, etc.). He was more the god of sexual desire (Eros/Erotism) than the God of Love. Psyche wanted to be loved. But her beauty ironically prevented her to find it. Now, notice the parallele between Aphrodite and Psyche. Aphrodite as the goddess of beauty was indeed more obsessed by beauty than true love (she rejected her husband because of his appearance) but Psyche (as the future goddess of the soul) cared about the person inside and felt cursed to be loved more for her beauty than her personnality. Then, Eros fell in love with her but forbid her to try to know his identity. At the end, she was able to love him without even knowing his own beauty but she didn't know who he was (in a way, she didn't know his own soul). So, no wonder, her trust was fragile and at the end she betrayed and hurt her husband. Still, she did all the difficult trials imposed by Aphrodite because she wanted to earn forgiveness of the one she loved. I think the box with the beauty of Persephone inside was a trap from Aphrodite. Psyche became more concerned with her beauty than the purity of her soul for the fist time and she looked inside the box despite the danger and that brought her to loose conscience (litterally her soul). But Eros, clearly impressed by her will to prove herself worthy of him (and teaching him at the same time the true meaning of love) arrived and with his own love brought her soul back to her. And this is how Love and Soul came into an eternal union. Well, that's my vision of the myth. Congratulations if you read it all!XD

    • @BioG717
      @BioG717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      👍😊💖

    • @sienna7249
      @sienna7249 5 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      love your interpretation. thank you for uncovering the layers of truth , i just realized how actually deep the story is :D

    • @BioG717
      @BioG717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      karenina yes completely agree with you 😊

    • @zebadarvesh7245
      @zebadarvesh7245 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      this is deep and beautiful.

    • @darylp9306
      @darylp9306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@zebadarvesh7245 True

  • @georginalola5899
    @georginalola5899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4473

    " her sisters got married and Psyche the most beautiful remained single"
    This is the most hilarious phrase I've ever heard

    • @twilightundersky8658
      @twilightundersky8658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sheryll Alegre.

    • @aesinam
      @aesinam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @Lisa GLove cos beauty isn't everything and it can also fade

    • @terrelcosmeticssubliminals3112
      @terrelcosmeticssubliminals3112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Lisa GLove everyone is beautiful u all u have to do stay true to u u cant spell beauty without be u 😊😊

    • @sofibed
      @sofibed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My truth😩😩😩

    • @aphroditetharrington3901
      @aphroditetharrington3901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Bla, bla, bla! No one ever cared about boring little Psyche and no one ever will!

  • @emmavrijburg6676
    @emmavrijburg6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Woman in Greek mythology: *happens to fit the ancient beauty standards*
    Gods: "HOW DARE SHE"

  • @NoName-nj4mw
    @NoName-nj4mw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8350

    Well this explains why I'm still single. I'm so beautiful that the gods are jealous😂

  • @xieulong
    @xieulong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4430

    Hmm.. a happy ending in Greek mythology? How unusual.

    • @petersalucci5444
      @petersalucci5444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      xieulong
      Haha lol ikr..... finally

    • @danybey4182
      @danybey4182 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      For real

    • @victorylane2377
      @victorylane2377 5 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      I know, right. I've heard this tale many times and I still expect it to end badly. Greeks throwing a curve ball. Lol

    • @coyote4961
      @coyote4961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      I know right. I was expecting as the end, he would be like "you betrayed me by opening the box, now suffer in the underworld," or some shit.

    • @crazykryptonite3221
      @crazykryptonite3221 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol

  • @ochitduzon8730
    @ochitduzon8730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3250

    how i wish Disney could turn this into a movie! it would be splendid!

    • @thepandanesianquetzal1158
      @thepandanesianquetzal1158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Well beauty and the beast wuz based off of it soooooo I dunno where that puts this lol

    • @cutedevil5667
      @cutedevil5667 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Me too. This will turn out as wonderful movie 😍😍

    • @prislaem3838
      @prislaem3838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Oh my word, can you imagine how they would make a royal mess of it! Instead of Psyche being naive and gullible, they would make her annoyingly headstong and "feisty"! They would make Eros into a bumbling idiot, and make Aphrodite into another Maleficent! No thank you!

    • @nephtalymalbranche3824
      @nephtalymalbranche3824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      They did it's called Beauty and the Beast

    • @bevdavis4148
      @bevdavis4148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      So which one would be Black? Can't have a white myth with white people....think BBC Achilles. Best leave well enough alone. Or make one Hispanic and one Black ...that way you've got the two biggest complainers covered.....nah...just don't do it.

  • @celestinevanswieten8809
    @celestinevanswieten8809 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5040

    Aphrodite should be the goddess of jealousy instead of love.

    • @snarlincarnate
      @snarlincarnate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +400

      Love is almost exactly like hate. That's why.

    • @kateli1880
      @kateli1880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      Aphr was minor goddess is no goddess of love, beauty.. she’s more about outer beauty like plastic surgery not natural. Psyche was human natural beauty.

    • @ifunanyachukwuajoku5379
      @ifunanyachukwuajoku5379 5 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      Hera was worse though

    • @kyzonyt
      @kyzonyt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      actually Aphrodite is the eldest of the Olympians and was the last child of the sky god Ouranos. The God of jealousy is Zuleus, a minor but important god

    • @laeumelia
      @laeumelia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Cute Milkshakes goddess of jealously is Hera

  • @MarkArandjus
    @MarkArandjus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1338

    GREEK MYTHOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL:
    God or whatever: don't ever do this thing.
    Protagonist: You got it.
    Also the protagonist: does the thing.

    • @kishiakaik6513
      @kishiakaik6513 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      This is not easy. Humans are curious.

    • @jiminiepabo6982
      @jiminiepabo6982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very Right

    • @isee8936
      @isee8936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kishiakaik6513 Yup if you tell them not to do that they will still do it hahahahah

    • @emmavrijburg6676
      @emmavrijburg6676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "Yeah youll get your lover back, just walk out of the underworld without looking back. Can you do that for me?"
      "...sure"

    • @TheWordsWave
      @TheWordsWave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Reminds me of Pandora's box.😂😂😂

  • @kristinetantoco5112
    @kristinetantoco5112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +649

    jealousy and insecurity are the worst behavior of every human.

  • @andreeapotra
    @andreeapotra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1344

    Why tf does Apollo sound like a jamaican woman here?!😂😂

    • @jeeperscreepers9023
      @jeeperscreepers9023 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      I guess it was the Oracle of Delphi's voice or something. I had to listen to that part a few times to get to that conclusion.

    • @Arte.mi.
      @Arte.mi. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @sarahlandells2379
      @sarahlandells2379 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andreea Potra I know right

    • @AneesaH.
      @AneesaH. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Why not? 🤷🏾‍♀️ lol

    • @Shmeve-dc7cr
      @Shmeve-dc7cr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Andreea Potra it’s in the oracles voice

  • @juliasthings4946
    @juliasthings4946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +708

    Is everyone gonna ignore that Persephone tried to kill Aphrodite?

    • @rashmikunwar4361
      @rashmikunwar4361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Whaa she did??

    • @lelusha
      @lelusha 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yes, yes, we are.

    • @somethingstrange7184
      @somethingstrange7184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whattt?? Context??

    • @somethingstrange7184
      @somethingstrange7184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rashmikunwar4361 ???

    • @lelusha
      @lelusha 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@somethingstrange7184 instead of putting her beauty in the box, she sent the mist/smoke that nearly killed Psyche knowing that she would bring it to Aphrodite

  • @RTbbcakes
    @RTbbcakes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Aphrodite : what are you going to do to earn my forgiveness
    Psyche: yes

  • @aireneholmes8977
    @aireneholmes8977 5 ปีที่แล้ว +365

    Eros letting Psyche see her father sounds like Belle and the Beast. Wew

    • @natashaholland7696
      @natashaholland7696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Maybe they inspired the Disney movie

    • @JL-ob4wo
      @JL-ob4wo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wew research first wew

    • @zoefang4563
      @zoefang4563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @ Airene Holmes: Psyche getting hit by the sleeping spell and awakened by Eros remind me of Sleeping Beauty too.

  • @dinaelmugharbil906
    @dinaelmugharbil906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    The three headed dogs sleeping is Fluffy from Hogwarts

    • @itskari9785
      @itskari9785 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I think the three headed dog is hades dog Cerberus

    • @thepandanesianquetzal1158
      @thepandanesianquetzal1158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah fluffy is based off of Cerberus I think idk lol
      But that would be rlly funny

    • @whattheheckamidoinghere4305
      @whattheheckamidoinghere4305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@itskari9785 no, his name is spotty.

    • @hollydavis9683
      @hollydavis9683 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @foxtrotgaming1283
      @foxtrotgaming1283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cerberus means spotted in Greek so Hades called his three headed hellhound Spot. In Latin Cerberus name translated to English is Fluffy. So Fluffy is Cerberus Roman name

  • @heatherr7378
    @heatherr7378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    My grandmother named her youngest daughter Psyche, but she had never heard the name pronounced correctly. My aunt’s name is pronounced “Pee-she.” The story makes me smile and remember my grandmother as a country girl who just wanted to give her daughter an exotic and elegant name. Very sweet!

    • @Polydopamine
      @Polydopamine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Don't worry, the english pronunciation is not correct either. You can't replicate the ps(ψ) diphthong and the ch(χ) diphthong in english. I am greek and I understand that's it's really difficult to get our language enunciation and pronunciation right when it's not your native language, just how greeks can't easily pronounce proper norwegian or russian, et cetera.

    • @chefp2009
      @chefp2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Polydopamine please let us know how you pronounce each one of Greek gods

    • @-Christina-D
      @-Christina-D 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You can go on google translate and paste the word "Ψυχή" (psychi = soul). You can hear how it's really pronounced. BTW how beautiful name!

    • @-Christina-D
      @-Christina-D 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chefp2009 You can go on google translate and paste the names "Δίας" or "Ζευς" (Días or Zefs = Zeus), "Ήρα" (íra = Hera), "Ποσειδώνας" (Poseidónas = Poseidon), "Άρης" (Áris = Ares), "Αθηνά" (Athiná = Athena), "Δήμητρα" (Dímitra = Demeter), "Ήφαιστος" (Ífaistos = Hephaestus), "Απόλλων" (Αpollon = Apollo), "Αφροδίτη" (Afrodíti = Aphrodite), "Ερμής" (Ermís = Hermes), "Άρτεμις" (Ártemis = Artemis), "Εστία" (Estía= Hestia). You can hear how it pronounced from there.

    • @sadiestoltzfus9798
      @sadiestoltzfus9798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Polydopamine I cannot pronounce any of the names. No Bob, Joe, Karen, Ann etc. I read books on Greek mythology and cannot even remember the story correctly because the names are difficult.

  • @chekl1982
    @chekl1982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    So she literally could not accomplish any task by herself and she literally failed the last trial and ... she get to be a god? Wtf man.

    • @JoyKawaiimo
      @JoyKawaiimo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I know lol

    • @erine.5680
      @erine.5680 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      the true name translation is "the story of love and soul" So the 'soul' is portrayed as completely unable to do anything on her own like the soul .The translation in English doesn't help to get the depictions.

    • @originallilmisstex
      @originallilmisstex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      LOL! Why a are you so surprised? It's literally what happens in life.

    • @hollydavis9683
      @hollydavis9683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      She tried. Aphrodite purposely tried to prevent her from earning her forgiveness . A for effort

    • @nuallllww99
      @nuallllww99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      It's because she is pure

  • @Turquoise4eva
    @Turquoise4eva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    Why the hell would you listen to your jealous sisters 😑!!

    • @TheSwanqueenAndTheEldricth
      @TheSwanqueenAndTheEldricth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Tranquility cause she’s so pure, naive, and innocent she couldn’t even tell their true intentions

    • @claire7158
      @claire7158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Sometimes when someone is soooo kind (too kind) she listens even though it's wrong

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think I get the point about not trusting people who don't really care about her well-being, and that's a great point, because yeah, the sisters were jealous. However, the oracle of Apollo's message was misleading to everyone. I mean, the prophecy said that Psyche would marry a monster, that threw everybody off. LOL
      Regardless of whether or not Psyche may have known her sisters' true intentions, I donno, them reminding me of what the prophecy said would concern me, especially after some time of consorting with someone who insists on hiding from me in the dark, that alone would be pretty off-putting.
      But then again, I think if she were concerned about whether or not he'd be a monster, maybe Psyche should have taken that up with Eros. Who knows, maybe it would prompt him to come out of the dark...?

    • @azmbva
      @azmbva 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      exactly lol

    • @jalenikezeue4114
      @jalenikezeue4114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tranquility can you really blame her for taking there advice Eros made no attempt to convince her another otherwise if he had just told her in the first about his true identity None of this would've happened even Gods make mistakes

  • @juliac9080
    @juliac9080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    he made love to her in total darkness. perhaps to prove her beauty, as well as his own, was secondary in love.

    • @sophiacagna8796
      @sophiacagna8796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      yessssss

    • @ericmoorev8913
      @ericmoorev8913 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore

    • @detectiveMM
      @detectiveMM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But why could he never reveal himself to her? Like after they had proved that they loved each other for their personality

    • @thanhvannguyen1770
      @thanhvannguyen1770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@detectiveMM in some origins, it's to protect their love
      Psyche was just a mere mortal and Eros was son to an Olympian and a mighty one on his own.
      He afraid seeing his true form would scare her off and she would only scare him.
      They didnt have much trust at that point, but as we can see their love grow together through hardships. That's a realistic relationship in fact.
      Anyway, have a good day ^^

    • @acelovesdiyschristopher7023
      @acelovesdiyschristopher7023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And can we just acknowledge that canonically he was amazing in bed? Psyche is a lucky woman.

  • @annabellaramos5653
    @annabellaramos5653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1647

    a happy ending.... in greek mythology
    must have grabbed the wrong percy jackson book...

    • @AlexGarcia-ui5qi
      @AlexGarcia-ui5qi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Annabella Ramos pffft aaayyy. Well in percy jackson greek heroes, percy also tells this story there so yeh

    • @pencil9970
      @pencil9970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hahaha

    • @tylerjones7592
      @tylerjones7592 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Annabella Ramos Perseus also had a happy ending that’s why Percy’s mom named Percy Perseus. Though these are the only exceptions

    • @sophiacagna8796
      @sophiacagna8796 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      STUNNING

    • @pamelaangela7389
      @pamelaangela7389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Eros=god of love
      Psyche=goddess of the soul
      Soul mates?

  • @Bampy
    @Bampy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    so... this is where they got inspiration for beauty and the beast.

    • @AlexGarcia-ui5qi
      @AlexGarcia-ui5qi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Bam pire yep pretty much

    • @braveboy1million908
      @braveboy1million908 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Word.

    • @honeyboy7978
      @honeyboy7978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It actually was♡

    • @Hannah-et5jh
      @Hannah-et5jh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Beauty and the beast might also be the opposite of Aphrodite and Hephaestus

    • @jdprettynails
      @jdprettynails 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @iqcrisu Yeah. The ants helping to sort the grain reminded me a lot of Cinderella. And the jealous sisters.

  • @huntera3242
    @huntera3242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    It’s like a mix of beauty and the beast and Cinderella in some parts...kinda

  • @labelledamedumanor4876
    @labelledamedumanor4876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1148

    Aphrodite is a selfish cow in this tale. She is more like a lust goddess than a love goddess.

    • @angelowilliams6730
      @angelowilliams6730 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      tell me about. that's why i love psyche better than her.

    • @snarlincarnate
      @snarlincarnate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Usually I'd defend A, but you are so right.

    • @nrthstr11
      @nrthstr11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Its not just her though, pretty much all the Olympian Gods were like this. Punishing humans all the time for being offended at some little thing. Athena, Hera, Poseidon, Zeus. Eros is a love god of desire, eroticism, lust, passion. Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, prostitutes & she is as petty as the rest of the Olympians.

    • @katia39100
      @katia39100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      But Psyche's trials turned Eros's desire of beauty and passion for youth into a deep, true love, even when her beauty was gone. That's life, people.

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea,and jealous😡

  • @astral9138
    @astral9138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    I prefer Psyche than Aphrodite

    • @Passions5555
      @Passions5555 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I read this wrong at first and thought you said you prefer Psyche WITH Aphrodite. 😳

    • @aadeeshjain8159
      @aadeeshjain8159 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nobody cares ♥️

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too

    • @nora8176
      @nora8176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait...your’e name is E.L Ares, if you don’t want to die I think you must choose Aphrodite 😂😂

    • @Trollestiatumblur
      @Trollestiatumblur 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@otome2236 They aren't married, what are you even talking about

  • @MadameBaby26
    @MadameBaby26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    APHRODITE be like.. MONSTER-IN-LAW :D

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yea

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I see whatcha did there. LOL

    • @madelynnemamoudis9553
      @madelynnemamoudis9553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YASS J-LO IS PSHCYE AND EROS IS WHATS HIS NAMES

    • @jayb2331
      @jayb2331 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hera was the worse lol

  • @jannapitts3188
    @jannapitts3188 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    What I love about this story is EVEN the gods themselves were moved by Psyche’s love for Eros that even the father of ALL gods wanted to help her~

  • @missakki1533
    @missakki1533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    The best love story, more than Romeo and Juliet.

  • @gaearaneeibanez1615
    @gaearaneeibanez1615 5 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    Eros: Thinking that I am a monster?
    Me: *Re-reads the prophecy* Are you really asking that? Like literally?

    • @persono6658
      @persono6658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Gaea Ranee Ibanez your comment literally made my day 😂😂

    • @AishaVonFossen
      @AishaVonFossen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ROFL I know!!!

  • @boo9507
    @boo9507 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    This sounds like the better version of Beauty and The Beast

  • @speedyjames2770
    @speedyjames2770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    My girlfriend told me this story -.- and I hate Aphrodite for it
    And I also told her I would love her like psyche but then it was a long distance relationship *-* and she fall for someone else :) she told me calmly and left me 😆😆😆😂😂😂
    Well here I am now enjoying a Lucifer on Netflix❤

    • @adeyemosusan4956
      @adeyemosusan4956 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Take heart

    • @puddleglummarshwiggle4236
      @puddleglummarshwiggle4236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lucifer is a gaslighting movie that is trying to make the fallen angel seem desirable and interesting while angels and God are painted in a bad way. There is a bible verse warning about when bad things are made to seem good and vice versa, be warned.

    • @Sevren_
      @Sevren_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@puddleglummarshwiggle4236 The devil is more interesting than angels and God

    • @puddleglummarshwiggle4236
      @puddleglummarshwiggle4236 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sevren_ actually the real God and heaven is mind-blowingly more interesting but the devil keeps you interested in trash so you won't look up and see infinite possibilities and paradise.

  • @fayeposas9203
    @fayeposas9203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Simple instructions:
    "Do not open the box" - but she did! Ughh...how frustrating!

    • @kyzonyt
      @kyzonyt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Pandora's box 😂😂😂 jkjk sounds like it tho

    • @aphroditetharrington3901
      @aphroditetharrington3901 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely right! No one to blame but herself!
      She is the who lacked the willpower, devotion, faith and loyalty to follow the one simple instruction she was given explicitly!
      Curiosity killed the cat...

    • @Tiffany-ov2jf
      @Tiffany-ov2jf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aphroditetharrington3901 okay calm down you're acting like the aphrodite from the myth

    • @jksrightsock6535
      @jksrightsock6535 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And now she’s a goddess🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @lulugraboso3257
    @lulugraboso3257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    This is one of my favourite mythological love stories.. love psyche and eros

  • @brandi1262
    @brandi1262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    All u Aphrodite haters don't think about if someone just rolled up in ur crib and stole all ur adoring fans

    • @snarlincarnate
      @snarlincarnate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      True.

    • @XD-ez7un
      @XD-ez7un 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ikr

    • @keathenyoung5823
      @keathenyoung5823 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Well, it’s not Psyche’s fault for being beautiful. Greek Gods and Goddesses didn’t create what they’re God of (i.e.: Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty, Love and Sex). They’re just the symbol of that. What I don’t understand is why these Gods and Goddesses are revered when they’re as selfish as mortals; stepping down to the lower ranks of existence, punishing humans for personal and yet selfish reasons.

    • @tommi2061
      @tommi2061 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      So Aphrodite is just insecure? Good to know.

    • @blacklotus6947
      @blacklotus6947 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @La Blue Girl bucking then knucking

  • @rdpaik
    @rdpaik 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    But how is this real love if Eros only loved Psyche b/c he mistakenly jabbed himself with his own arrow?

    • @dollartreejadenyuki6046
      @dollartreejadenyuki6046 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      rdpk in some versions it’s a metaphor that he doesn’t actually injure him self with his arrow,he falls in love with her deeply as if he was injured with his own arrow.

    • @ALunarLight
      @ALunarLight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Some version he pricks him self on purpose.

    • @percivaldesertmoon677
      @percivaldesertmoon677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some say it was an accident

    • @jasonbrennan9918
      @jasonbrennan9918 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      1. Eros' sphere is more 'attraction' than 'love'.
      2. His arrows are *always* the source of attraction hence Zeus berating Eros and threatening him with being cast into Tartarus in 'Dialogues of the Gods'.

  • @AishaVonFossen
    @AishaVonFossen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    In most adaptations I hear of this story, Eros didn't help or support Psyche so much as he did in this one. I mean, he came around and reconciled with her, sure, but am I the only one who feels like she was the one who contributed the most to and for their relationship? She made one mistake, which honestly wasn't that big of a mistake, since all she wanted was to know who her husband really was, and he flips out on her and leaves her for good, over one misunderstanding? I don't think that's fair. I don't know, am I missing something here?

    • @aesinam
      @aesinam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      In the version I know, he got hurt when she looked at him and flew to his mum until he healed. Also he did wake to see her with a knife in her hand

    • @srutitamizhselvi5686
      @srutitamizhselvi5686 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's not easy to measure how small and big someone's mistake.

    • @mariee.8333
      @mariee.8333 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aquamarine Violet like? u made me curious now xD

    • @cloroxbleach808
      @cloroxbleach808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Eros was angry not just because she gazed upon his face, but she had a knife in her hands and from what the prophet spoke and Psyche’s reaction, it seemed she truly believed he was a monster and someone who had ill intent for her. It was a show of betrayal

    • @jksrightsock6535
      @jksrightsock6535 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clorox Bleach THATS WHAT I ALSO THOUGHT OOF

  • @annepesimo50
    @annepesimo50 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    i hope there would be a film about psche and eros.. i would love to see it.. 💖💖💖💖

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too

    • @jdprettynails
      @jdprettynails 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is. It's called Beauty and the Beast.

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that isn't

    • @jdprettynails
      @jdprettynails 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Beauty and the Beast was based off of the Eros and Psyche myth.

    • @KG-ds2fj
      @KG-ds2fj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jdprettynails No,because Eros is not a beast

  • @topshonuff
    @topshonuff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I can see a little bit of “Cinderella”, with the Step sisters and the Step mom. And a little bit of “Beauty and the Beast”. Thank you for the video.

  • @MT-zu2uq
    @MT-zu2uq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    To the people bashing Psyche saying she received help and did not do the tasks on her own: For Pete's sake, what mere mortal could have done what Aphrodite ordered? It's obvious she didn't want Psyche to succeed. Sending her to those golden rams (?) and to the Underworld without explicit instructions were practically like sending her to her death. The box, though, that was totally on her 🤣. But that's what I love about her. She represents naive and innocently insecure girls, instead of feisty and rebellious ones who I am already so tired of.

    • @biblicallydriven
      @biblicallydriven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *_road house_*

    • @Passions5555
      @Passions5555 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Both types of girls are represented in media and storytelling.

  • @akemimiyamoto7834
    @akemimiyamoto7834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A soul reaching for love and a love reaching for a soul..how nice! Love it!

  • @annemcdougall919
    @annemcdougall919 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I feel like this is sort of life beauty and the beast. And the sisters were like the evil stepsisters of cinderella

    • @marsilv4319
      @marsilv4319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anne McDougall belle’s sisters were jealous as well. At least Cinderella’s didn’t pretend to like her

  • @tjkahler358
    @tjkahler358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of my favorite quotes comes from this story. "Love can not exist in a house that trust does not."

  • @kpimkpim349
    @kpimkpim349 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The meanings of these stories are hidden in the meaning of their names. Psyche = Breath of life, Eros = Passion/Desire/Love. Passion/Desire/love feel in love with life, life feel in love with desire. Life got what they desired. The world became jealous, life was convinced what they desired was truly not what they desired. What they desired got angry and left life. Life focused on attaining what they desired and the gods came together to help life even when the feats were impossible. Life went to hell and back for what they desired, but then lost focus and began desiring something else (more beauty). Life died, but in death they're united with everything they truly desired. Lesson if you devote your life to your passion you can do the impossible, but stay focused.

    • @hellwolf4liberty
      @hellwolf4liberty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hmm, maybe those words derived their meanings from the story instead.

  • @not-soultraviolet5647
    @not-soultraviolet5647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    The female voice its so comical it's heard to take it seriously

    • @Passions5555
      @Passions5555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah...the voice acting was a bit off putting...

    • @royal5698
      @royal5698 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      glad im not the only one who was kinda thrown off by the voice acting

  • @drsnooz8112
    @drsnooz8112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a profound story! It's easily 1000x better than Romeo and Juliet because it connects to multiple archetypes deep within the human soul: the need to connect with another in a meaningful way, the need to endure hardship to attain lasting fulfillment, the requirement that one die to self to find true love, etc. I found it deeply moving. I have to go think about it for a while. Thank you for the vid!

  • @anti-matter5874
    @anti-matter5874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    First I'm hearing this story this was awesome

  • @AquaAngel2101
    @AquaAngel2101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I wish all stories have a happy ending like this one ❤️

  • @CrunchyPotato_-el3fy
    @CrunchyPotato_-el3fy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love this episode especially!!! Plssss make more love stories about mortals who were courted by gods!

  • @ndilleroland4947
    @ndilleroland4947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I still consider hades and persophone as the best Greek mythology couple

    • @giorgosthoma849
      @giorgosthoma849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Eros was one the only Olympians who did not have Lovers his was faithful to his wife so Kudos on him

    • @seph1109
      @seph1109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hades was also faithful to his wife, Persephone. I'd say both of them are nice greek love stories. But for me I prefer Hades and Seph. But we all have different opinions though

    • @sophiacagna8796
      @sophiacagna8796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OF COURSSSEEEE

    • @plantern4590
      @plantern4590 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean..
      Both stories were the only ones who ended happily.
      Even tho things started rough

    • @SafaMughal-i6h
      @SafaMughal-i6h 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no he was not , he was having an affair with Minthe@@seph1109

  • @pandoramort
    @pandoramort 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I adore this story, it's one of my favourites, but my God this voice acting is cringe.

  • @runway5338
    @runway5338 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Ooh~ I remember reading this story as a kid. I thought it was interesting and surprisingly remember most of the myth, almost would’ve forgotten the existence of this tale if it wasn’t for this video.

  • @randomgames7157
    @randomgames7157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In some versions Eros is actually the son of Chaos The Void and was one of the first 6 deity’s to come into existence

  • @yolandakhayyam8257
    @yolandakhayyam8257 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Finally, a Greek mythological story with a nice ending!!!!!

  • @aprilmercado6769
    @aprilmercado6769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I love every video that you make pls do more

  • @senatesheev
    @senatesheev 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This truly is a tale as old as time

  • @ankitamitra978
    @ankitamitra978 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love greek mythology... I m a big fan of this.. ❤️

  • @BlueSkyse
    @BlueSkyse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    lol, sounds like anyone can be a god if they get their hands on that immortality juice and nectar.

  • @h3bbajamil754
    @h3bbajamil754 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Story guy:Every single night her husband had joined her and them nights were full of INTENSE love and PLEASURE
    Me: Da Fuq I don’t need to know that

    • @destinymena
      @destinymena 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hebba Khan 🤣🤣

    • @sophiacagna8796
      @sophiacagna8796 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      WE ALL THOUGHT THE SAME THING: TOO MUCH INFORMATION

    • @Blue-nv9vv
      @Blue-nv9vv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂 ikr TMI

  • @mangot589
    @mangot589 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very good channel! Simplified, but not too much, and you can let your kid use it for research😉. Lovely illustrations. New subscriber here, I love mythology/old religions.

  • @milksalad5987
    @milksalad5987 5 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Percy Jackson fans?

  • @candyboo7654
    @candyboo7654 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Soul in Darkness by Wendy Higgins is a GREAT book to read, it tells the story of Psyche and Eros. I promise you won’t regret it, it’s one of my favourite novels

  • @starwallsh9279
    @starwallsh9279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow this is an amazing story. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @grace6751
    @grace6751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was the best story thankyou for sharing this😊 god bless you both all

  • @tomvono5394
    @tomvono5394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    At least a Greek God and Mortal love story that didn't end in tragedy or worse a curse!😊

  • @johngemido1971
    @johngemido1971 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They’re story proves that without forgiveness,acceptance,and trust you can’t build a strong relationship💙

  • @islandvibes8459
    @islandvibes8459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    History is my favourite subject, it's never boring

  • @rajaryansingh2519
    @rajaryansingh2519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very nicely narrated.

  • @erk44
    @erk44 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    what a beautiful story

  • @lukaorihime5638
    @lukaorihime5638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Am I the only one who first is reminded at beauty and the beast and than Cinderella 😂
    It’s so interesting how different times and cultures come up with these similar stories or maybe those even are just the over time evolved results 🤔🙆🏻‍♀️❤️

  • @racheltang2646
    @racheltang2646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Romantic and beautiful. It touched my heart so much...

  • @shibanibarnwal7416
    @shibanibarnwal7416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Such a lovely story it is....I m soo much touched ....

  • @camomiletea7357
    @camomiletea7357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "the young woman was worshipped like a god"
    Here we go again, you just had to do it didn't you.

    • @angelinalukram9306
      @angelinalukram9306 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      wait wat? A God? isnt she supposed be worshiped like a goddess instead ? annnnnnnddddddd u mean he not she was gay?

  • @makaylahmoos1126
    @makaylahmoos1126 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    14:02 was fluffy from Harry Potter. 😘

    • @TheWordsWave
      @TheWordsWave 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Umm? Percy Jackson dude

  • @babyangel5k
    @babyangel5k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a beautiful story😍

  • @slii-3435
    @slii-3435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now this reminds me of The 'Your Throne' comic...

  • @somethingtosay1119
    @somethingtosay1119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved every second of this story.

  • @milkmaidtea2607
    @milkmaidtea2607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for the video! Needed this for my exam tomorrow :)

  • @bnlatin23
    @bnlatin23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is like a super hero soap opera. It's so interesting how they came up with these stories . Imagination on max .

  • @homegirl5763
    @homegirl5763 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This might be my favourite one 😍

  • @komronnegmat1647
    @komronnegmat1647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Wow Psyche it's sounds very crazy romantic. My god the name itself it's mysterious 😂 but story is very beautiful.

  • @LeilaSomaa
    @LeilaSomaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fact that Persephone wanted to give Aphrodite a box of death

  • @mariagb8853
    @mariagb8853 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I imagine the other gods watching and eating popcorn while everything is happening.

  • @TheSOLARMUSIC
    @TheSOLARMUSIC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for the full story. I had glimpses in my collection of "Palace of Dreams" 1982. My art collection involved other traces of Mythology and Quests yet did resolve with a challenge of Thanatos. In 1982 there was no Internet..just books like Larousse Book of Mythology. Today is Valentines Day 2019 so a great day to revive the Wondrous Myth of Psyche and Amour again. LOVE and Thank you. Sheila Maclurkin

  • @jjba_kid22
    @jjba_kid22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here I am...1 AM watching Greek mythology narrations...nice...

  • @iriscorporation5447
    @iriscorporation5447 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In greek mythology, you:
    Don't mess with gods.
    Don't open boxes.

  • @blacklotus6947
    @blacklotus6947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Most of the gods and goddesses seem like human with flaws and big uppity egos with esp like talents

    • @deerey5295
      @deerey5295 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are no gods just the Creator

  • @franzyvlogs2496
    @franzyvlogs2496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really love watching greek mythology💖

  • @danariusm.4283
    @danariusm.4283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful story.

  • @tiana2028
    @tiana2028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such splendid love story glad it didn't end in tragedy.

  • @orangesodastudios9734
    @orangesodastudios9734 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Where's my Percy Jackson fans at?!

  • @sheiinocencio6520
    @sheiinocencio6520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    don't broke your self by loving someone in young age, just enjoy being teen and wait for your true love💖

  • @Ange3333
    @Ange3333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got a major Beauty and the Beast vibe when he thought letting her visit home and her return would mean she truly loves him.

  • @mrjasonsamuel23
    @mrjasonsamuel23 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    An actual beautiful Greek story

  • @twinklestar1687
    @twinklestar1687 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    True love always wins! ❤

  • @jashyjancaestoque3421
    @jashyjancaestoque3421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really love their love story!! Is there already a movie of their story?!??! I would die just to see it!!

  • @lev9354
    @lev9354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greek mythology is more of a drama than a mythology