- I love that in Roman mythology the gods and goddesses are
so flawed and humanistic. Venus is an almost all-powerful goddess who is
worshipped the world over yet she is tormented by this mortal, by a girl whose
lifetime is the blink of an eye for Venus. It makes for very interesting
reading.
-I cannot imagine how absolutely frightening Psyche’s first
night with her husband must have been. She was taken away from her family on a
morbid prophecy, swept away to a strange castle filled with invisible servants,
and then her virginity was taken by someone she cannot see! It is hard to
imagine someone falling in love with a person who treats them like that, but
maybe Psyche is so starved for human interaction that she is unable to maintain
these feelings
-It seems that Venus could be taking out some of her own
guilt on her son. Her speech was awfully harsh, threatening to clip his wings
and have another son to replace him. It is known that Venus was unfaithful and
has had some love affairs that were not exactly great for her marital
reputation, possibly she is feeling guilty about that and taking it out on her
son?
-The goddesses have a very fierce protection of one another.
All of the gods and goddesses are so close knit in this big, dysfunctional family
-While the gods and goddesses seem awfully harsh with their
punishments, they also seem extremely understanding of some faults. Jupiter
talks of how Cupid constantly disrespected him and ruined his reputation, yet
he grants him his wish right when he asks for it. It would be a tight line to
walk as a god or goddess
-Venus quickly turned around from hating Psyche with all her
might to dancing merrily at her wedding. A whole other story could be done
about the inner turmoil there
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