myth of Cupid and Psyche

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Greco-Roman myth literary narrative love story myth

The myth of Cupid and Psyche is an ancient Greco-Roman love story in which a mortal woman endures trials and divine jealousy before ultimately achieving immortal union with the god of love.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Cupid and Psyche	6
myth of Cupid and Psyche canonical	3
Cupid and Psyche tale	1
The Story of Cupid and Psyche	1
story of Cupid and Psyche	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7949199 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: myth of Cupid and Psyche
Context triple: [Amore e Psiche, depicts, myth of Cupid and Psyche]

A. The Story of Psyche
The Story of Psyche is a series of symbolist decorative panels by French painter Maurice Denis, illustrating the mythological tale of Psyche with his characteristic flat colors and stylized forms.
B. Amore e Psiche
Amore e Psiche is a renowned neoclassical sculpture depicting the mythological lovers Cupid and Psyche, celebrated for its graceful composition and emotional intensity.
C. Paride ed Elena
Paride ed Elena is an 18th-century opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, known for its role in his reform of opera seria through greater dramatic coherence and musical simplicity.
D. The Loves of the Gods
The Loves of the Gods is a celebrated Baroque fresco cycle by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, renowned for its classical mythological themes and influential ceiling decoration.
E. Trionfo di Afrodite
Trionfo di Afrodite is a cantata by Carl Orff that celebrates the mythic and sensual aspects of love through powerful choral and orchestral writing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: myth of Cupid and Psyche
Target entity description: The myth of Cupid and Psyche is an ancient Greco-Roman love story in which a mortal woman endures trials and divine jealousy before ultimately achieving immortal union with the god of love.

A. The Story of Psyche
The Story of Psyche is a series of symbolist decorative panels by French painter Maurice Denis, illustrating the mythological tale of Psyche with his characteristic flat colors and stylized forms.
B. Amore e Psiche
Amore e Psiche is a renowned neoclassical sculpture depicting the mythological lovers Cupid and Psyche, celebrated for its graceful composition and emotional intensity.
C. Paride ed Elena
Paride ed Elena is an 18th-century opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, known for its role in his reform of opera seria through greater dramatic coherence and musical simplicity.
D. The Loves of the Gods
The Loves of the Gods is a celebrated Baroque fresco cycle by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese in Rome, renowned for its classical mythological themes and influential ceiling decoration.
E. Trionfo di Afrodite
Trionfo di Afrodite is a cantata by Carl Orff that celebrates the mythic and sensual aspects of love through powerful choral and orchestral writing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greco-Roman myth ⓘ literary narrative ⓘ love story ⓘ myth ⓘ
adaptedAs	ballets ⓘ operas ⓘ paintings ⓘ sculptures ⓘ
centralTheme	immortality ⓘ jealousy ⓘ love ⓘ trials and ordeals ⓘ union of mortal and god ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ linked to: Ancient Greek religion Ancient Roman religion and mythology ⓘ
earliestFullSource	Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) ⓘ linked to: Metamorphoses by Apuleius
earliestFullSourceAuthor	Apuleius ⓘ
earliestFullSourceDate	2nd century CE ⓘ
featuresDeity	Cupid ⓘ Jupiter ⓘ Venus ⓘ
hasCharacter	Jupiter ⓘ Psyche’s sisters ⓘ Venus ⓘ Zephyrus ⓘ linked to: Anemoi
hasMainCharacters	Cupid ⓘ Psyche ⓘ
hasOutcome	Psyche’s apotheosis ⓘ linked to: Psyche birth of their daughter Voluptas (Hedone) ⓘ
influenced	European literature ⓘ Neoclassical art ⓘ linked to: Neoclassicism Renaissance art ⓘ
languageOfEarliestFullVersion	Latin ⓘ
motifType	“animal bridegroom” folktale type ⓘ
plotElement	Cupid awakening Psyche from enchanted sleep ⓘ Jupiter granting Psyche immortality ⓘ Psyche opening the box of beauty and falling into a deathlike sleep ⓘ Psyche’s betrayal of Cupid’s trust by looking at him ⓘ Psyche’s divinely imposed labors ⓘ Psyche’s separation from Cupid ⓘ divine jealousy of Venus toward Psyche’s beauty ⓘ fetching water from the Styx task ⓘ gathering golden wool task ⓘ journey to the Underworld to obtain Persephone’s beauty ⓘ marriage feast of Cupid and Psyche among the gods ⓘ prohibition on seeing Cupid’s face ⓘ secret marriage between Psyche and Cupid ⓘ sorting of mixed grains task ⓘ
relatedToFolktaleType	Aarne–Thompson–Uther type ATU 425A ⓘ linked to: The Types of International Folktales
setting	unnamed ancient kingdom ⓘ
symbolism	Cupid as divine love or desire ⓘ Psyche as personification of the soul ⓘ soul’s trials before divine union ⓘ

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