Where can I find the full version of Cupid and Psyche myth you are summarizing?
I have a full version of the Cupid and Psyche myth available here, translated into English by Thomas Taylor (1822). The Latin original and modern translations into many languages are widely available: look for the Metamorphoses or Golden Ass, written by Apuleius; the Cupid and Psyche myth takes up chapters four through six of it.
Why does Psyche "intentionally prick herself with one of [Cupid's] arrows?"
Cupid is the god of Love. To be wounded by Cupid's arrow is to fall in love. To intentionally wound oneself with Cupid's arrow is to willingly choose to love (rather than to merely fall in love). In the myth, this is a problem: Psyche only chose to love after beholding the form of Cupid (that is, she chose a physical love rather than a spiritual one).
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Date: 2023-08-26 12:13 pm (UTC)I have a full version of the Cupid and Psyche myth available here, translated into English by Thomas Taylor (1822). The Latin original and modern translations into many languages are widely available: look for the Metamorphoses or Golden Ass, written by Apuleius; the Cupid and Psyche myth takes up chapters four through six of it.
Cupid is the god of Love. To be wounded by Cupid's arrow is to fall in love. To intentionally wound oneself with Cupid's arrow is to willingly choose to love (rather than to merely fall in love). In the myth, this is a problem: Psyche only chose to love after beholding the form of Cupid (that is, she chose a physical love rather than a spiritual one).