What is Cupid and Psyche?
[[File:Gerard_FrancoisPascalSimon-Cupid_Psyche_end.jpg|thumb|424x424px|''Psyche and Amor'', also known as ''Psyche Receiving Cupid's First Kiss'' (1798), by François Gérard: a symbolic butterfly hovers over Psyche in a moment of innocence before sexual awakening.]] '''Cupid and Psyche''' is a story from Metamorphoses. The story is called ''The Golden Ass.'' A writer called Lucius [[Apuleius]] wrote it in the 2nd century.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/tillwehavefacesm00lewi_0|title=Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold|last=Lewis|first=C. S.|date=1956|publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich|isbn=0156904365|page=[https://archive.org/details/tillwehavefacesm00lewi_0/page/311 311]|url-access=registration}}</ref> The story is about two lovers, who have to overcome different obstacles before they can come together and get [[married]]. The woman is called [[Psyche (mythology)|Psyche]]. Her lover is a god, and called [[Cupid]] or [[Eros]]. Today, the only story that we still have is that of Apuleius, written in the 2nd century AD. The motif appears in Greek art much earlier, though. The oldest traces are from the 4th century BC. The story has [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonic]] elements. It also mentions different [[Mystery religion|mystery religions]]. This allows different interpretations of the story. The story has been called an [[allegory]] and in light of [[Folklore|folktale]], ''[[Fairy tale|Märchen]]'' or [[fairy tale]], and myth.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pietas|last=Wagenvoort|first=H.|year=1980|isbn=9789004296688|pages=84–92|chapter=Cupid and Psyche|doi=10.1163/9789004296688_007}}</ref> [[Giovanni Boccaccio|Boccaccio]] knew about the story, about the year 1370. The first [[Printing|printed]] version of the story, called ''editio princps'', dates to 1469. Since then, the story is well-known, and [[Reception theory|people have re-told it]] in different ways, or they made [[Painting|paintings]] or [[Sculpture|sculptures]] based on it. [[Drama|Dramas]] and [[Opera|operas]], and even a [[wallpaper]] has b