Le mariage de lamour

Psyche the daughter of a king and a mortal is so beautiful that even the God of Fame is fascinated by her charm He hurries to tell Venus Goddess of Beauty that her loveliness is surpassed by a mortal The jealousy of Venus is aroused and she orders her son Cupid the God of Love to avenge the indignity One glance at Psyche and Cupid revolts He beseeches his mother to relent but Venus is deaf to his pleading and swears to destroy her rivals powers While joy reigns in the court of Psyches father Venus strikes at Psyche by inflicting an illness upon the king His malady baffles all and in desperation the queen consults the oracle The oracle decrees that when Psyche marries a mortal her father will be saved However Psyches husband will be a monster who will devour her