eros was the youngest son of goddess Venus he was the God of love he is also called by the
name of Cupid the trickster God of love he had a magical bow and arrow that he used to shoot at
both gods and mortals when two people were struck with his arrows they immediately fell in love
it was indeed a great gift there was once a king who had three beautiful daughters the youngest
of them was particularly beautiful and her name was psyche her beauty was so great that through
all the surrounding lands people talked about her beauty it was said that she wasn't even a
human she was a goddess in human form psyche was unhappy though her two sisters had married kings
but no one would dare to ask psyche to marry them since she looked like a goddess the Greek people
even started worshipping psyche when Venus the goddess came to know about this she became very
angry Venus came up with an idea she ordered eros to use one of his arrows to make psyche fall in
love with a hideous beast however when eros went to find psyche he was immediately struck by her
beauty it is said that he was so drawn to the princess that he nicked himself with one of his
arrows and the magic made him fall in love with her eros said no to Venus as orders and refused to
shoot psyche with his arrow one night he carried psyche to his palace eros was a handsome man but
he thought that his looks would scare her and he did not want that he made himself invisible
and warned psyche that if she truly valued his love she will never look at him psyche lived
happily in the palace for many days she was treated gently and with great care that she
soon fell in love with her invisible host one day her sisters arrived to meet her they were filled
with envy at the sight of the palace and the jewel Saiki had when Saiki told them what was going on
the evil minds of sisters started hatching a plan to separate eros from their sister they convinced
psyche that her husband was a monster and that if she didn't kill him right away he would kill her
psyche believed her sisters that night she took a lamp and a knife and snuck into eros bedroom as
he was sleeping she shined the light on his face and she saw the most beautiful person she had ever
seen she was not frightened at all as she leaned over a drop of oil fell on the sleep and God when
he woke up and saw psyche standing there holding a knife he was distraught he immediately spread his
wings and flew out of the window psyche instantly resented her decision she cried and cried for
days and one day she left the palace looking for him she searched the forests the deserts and the
mountains for her eros finally she decided to seek the help of Venus Venus was still jealous and she
pretended to help her because after all she was the goddess of love she told the young girl that
she needed to be completely sure that psyche was the appropriate wife for her son therefore psyche
should accomplish four tasks to prove her love if she failed in even one of these tasks eros would
be lost forever psyche agreed Venus took psyche to the greenery and gave her first task Venus
showed her a heap of grains and told her that she must sort them all in one night's time if she
wanted to see eros again psyche just sat there wondering what to do it was such an impossible
task for anyone eros who was still hiding from her saw this and took pity on her he spoke to
the leader of the tiny black ants and soon they started separating the grains when Venus arrived
the next morning she was surprised to see that Saiki had completed her task Hugh did not finish
this task by yourself she said and ordered psyche to sleep on the ground without giving her any food
Venus returned the next day with her next test gather an armful of wool of the shining golden
sheep she said Saiki agreed and left the palace what psyche did not know was that this golden
sheep belonged to the sun-god and it was a very vicious animal also she had to cross a deep river
psyche almost drowned herself while crossing the river a divine reed saved her and carried her to
the riverbank the reed also gave her an idea it told psyche to collect the wool caught in the
bushes and briars in of collecting from the sheep psyche followed these instructions and returned
with a sizeable quantity to Venus but the goddess was still not impressed so she gave her the third
task psyche was to fill a vessel with the black water that originated from the mouth of River
Styx when Saiki reached the waterfall she realized how dangerous the task was the rocks were slippery
and very very steep this time an eagle helped her it seized the bottle from her hands with its beak
filled it with some black water and gave it back to psyche someone helped you said Venus when Saiki
completed the task I am going to give you another task to prove that you are worthy of my son Venus
gave a box to psyche and asked her to take it to the underworld she was to meet Persephone the
queen of the Dead and get a dose of her beauty in the box and then bring it back to her psyche was
shocked how could she go to the underworld unless she was dead and how could she ever come back to
life again in despair she climbed a tower in order to kill herself suddenly eros still invisible to
her whispered the instructions for navigating the underworld eros warned her to maintain silence as
she passed through the underworld he told her to carry some cakes for distracting Cerebrus
the three-headed dog he then asked her to carry two gold coins for the ferryman so she can make
a return trip and finally she was to never open the box while returning Saiki obeyed
the instructions carefully and everything went according to the plan Persephone was happy to
oblige her humble request as well but on her way back Saiki is overcome by curiosity and couldn't
resist opening the box as soon as she opened the box she fell into a deep sleep meanwhile eros who
was searching for psyche found her sleeping he woke her and put the sleeping spell back in the
box eros then took her to Zeus and request it to make her immortal Zeus could see that
the couple was truly in love and he gave the boon of immortality so that psyche could be with eros
forever psyche had now become an immortal goddess Venus was happy as her son was marrying a goddess
she was also relieved that psyche will no longer distract the men of Earth it was a happy ending
with psyche eros and Venus all getting what they wanted this illustrates that when love is pure
all pains sorrows and challenges will align to ensure that true love is always successful