The myth of Cupid and Psyche - Brendan Pelsue
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"Beauty is a curse," Psyche thoughtas she looked over the cliff's edge where she'd been abandoned by her father.She'd been born with the physical perfection so completethat she was worshipped as a new incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love.But real-life human lovers were too intimidated even to approach her.When her father asked for guidance from the Oracle of Apollo,the god of light, reason, and prophecy.He was told to abandon his daughter on a rocky cragwhere she would marry a cruel and savage serpent-like winged evil.Alone on the crag, Psyche felt Zephyr the West Windgently lifting her into the air.It set her down before a palace."You are home," she heard an unseen voice say."Your husband awaits...
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"Beauty is a curse," Psyche thoughtas she looked over the cliff's edge where she'd been abandoned by her father.She'd been born with the physical perfection so completethat she was worshipped as a new incarnation of Venus, the goddess of love.But real-life human lovers were too intimidated even to approach her.When her father asked for guidance from the Oracle of Apollo,the god of light, reason, and prophecy.He was told to abandon his daughter on a rocky cragwhere she would marry a cruel and savage serpent-like winged evil.Alone on the crag, Psyche felt Zephyr the West Windgently lifting her into the air.It set her down before a palace."You are home," she heard an unseen voice say."Your husband awaits...
