Historia de eros y phique

Segment 1
Psyche’s beauty was such that she was considered to be a new Goddess of Love, and as her fame increased, many came from distant countries to observe this extraordinary vision. Aphrodite’s sanctified places of adoration were empty and her festivals neglected, and instead of visiting the temples of this sweet goddess, people made long religious trips to see the greatest beauty of theirtime, the princess Psyche. In this way they started venerating Psyche and addressing her by the titles that belonged to lovely Aphrodite. The goddess disliked this situation, as there is nothing more ridiculous than when a mortal is considered and honored as a god. For, a human may be brilliant, but there is no way of comparing a mortal with the subtle delicacy of those who reside in Heaven…¿Qué va a hacer Afrodita?

Al ver que un mortal era venerado como un Dios, Afrodita lanzó una maldición en su contra para convertirla en el ser mas horrible que jamás hubiera existido y así dejaran de sorprenderse con su belleza.

Segment 2

Consequently, since so many people had lost their minds worshipping a mortal as a god, Aphrodite thought the time had come to put things right, and callingher darling son, Eros, she instructed him to shoot his arrows against the girl, and so make her fall in love with some kind of talented outsider, the worst specimen of the human race he could find, lacking rank, fortune, character, intelligence, courage, and whatever good quality one could think of, and being in the most perfect state of degradation. During all this time Psyche got no satisfactionat all, because men, instead of falling in love with her in a natural way, stared at her, admired her, and paid her all kinds of honors, never being valiant to make love to her. As a result, while her elder sisters were married to kings, the mass of admirers and worshippers were still treating her like a wonderful statue. And because of this absurd situation, Psyche was still single and startedfeeling miserable.Even her father started fearing that this inconvenient cult may offend the gods, which inevitably happens when humans disobey the limits of their nature, acting as if they were someone else. Therefore, he went to the Apollo's Oracle at Miletus, and there he asked where he could find a husband for her daughter. But the answer he received was of no consolation, because the Oracledeclared that Psyche’s destiny was to marry a horrible monster on the top of a mountain…

¿Qué va a hacer el padre de Psyche con ella? ¿Seguirá las instruccionesl del oráculo?

Su padre al ver la deseperación de Psyche, decidió ignorar las instrucciones del oráculo y por la felicidad de su hija, ofreció una dote mágnifica aquel hombre que la tomará como esposa sin idolatrarla como Diosa.Segment 3

Following the Oracle, a procession, looking more like a funeral cortege, was then formed to guide Psyche to the top of the mountain, and there they left her lamenting and trembling…

¿Qué va a ser de Psyche?

En contra de todas las predicciones Eros al ir a cumplir su encomienda, no fue capaz de lanzar sus flechas, ya que quedó impresionado con la belleza de Psyche y seenamoró perdidamente desposándola en contra de la voluntad de su madre y así convirtiéndola en una verdadera Diosa.





Segment 4

Until Zephyrus suddenly lifted her off the ground, carried her down into a valley, and placed her gently on a bed with flowers. There she stopped crying and fell asleep, and when she awoke she walked towards a forest. In its very heart she found a palace, sowonderfully built that she knew immediately that this was the residence of a god. When she had walked among the many wonders treasured in this fabulous castle, a voice coming from nowhere informed her that the castle was hers, and gently invited her to rest in the bedroom while she awaited her bath and the wedding banquet. When later the banquet ended, she went to her bedroom…

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