Psyche (In Greek it means Nightingale "soul" or "butterfly"). In Greek mythology, is the personification of the soul, breath. The ancient Greeks imagined the souls of the dead in the form of a butterfly or a flying bird. Souls of the dead in Hades are portrayed flying, they are presented departing from the blood of the victims, fluttering in the form of shadows and phantoms. Souls of the dead ghosts swirl curl around Hecate, the ghost of Achilles at the siege of Troy, appears accompanied by a vortex.
about the princess Psyche talk about the quest of the human soul to merge with love. For the indescribable beauty of Psyche people worshiped more than Aphrodite. In Apuleius' Metamorphoses "retells the myth of romantic love of Cupid and Psyche; wanderings of the human soul longing to meet with his love.
According to one version, a jealous goddess sent his son, the god of love, Eros (Cupid), institute a girl passion for most of the ugly people, however, saw a beautiful woman, the young man lost his head and forgot about Mandate mother. Becoming the spouse of Psyche, he did not let her look at him. She, burning with curiosity, at night lit the lamp and looked at her husband did not notice the hot oil droplets falling on his skin, and the husband was gone. In the end, by the will of Zeus lyubyashie connected.
Psyche (In Greek it means Nightingale "soul" or "butterfly"). In Greek mythology, is the personification of the soul, breath. The ancient Greeks imagined the souls of the dead in the form of a butterfly or a flying bird. Souls of the dead in Hades are portrayed flying, they are presented departing from the blood of the victims, fluttering in the form of shadows and phantoms. Souls of the dead ghosts swirl curl around Hecate, the ghost of Achilles at the siege of Troy, appears accompanied by a vortex.
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According to one version, a jealous goddess sent his son, the god of love, Eros (Cupid), institute a girl passion for most of the ugly people, however, saw a beautiful woman, the young man lost his head and forgot about Mandate mother. Becoming the spouse of Psyche, he did not let her look at him. She, burning with curiosity, at night lit the lamp and looked at her husband did not notice the hot oil droplets falling on his skin, and the husband was gone. In the end, by the will of Zeus lyubyashie connected.
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