Mythology around the world
By Jasmine Medina
Cupid and Psyche
- The kings has three daughters
- Two of them was beautiful
- his youngest daughter Psyche was the most beautiful
- people neglect to worship Venus, the goddess of love and beauty
- she asked her son Cupid to to make Psyche fall in love with a horrible monster
- cupid saw how beautiful Psyche was and pricked himself to fall in love with her
Egypt: Osiris and Isis
- Osiris and Isis are brother and sister
- Osiris fell in love with his sister
- he was a husband and a bother to Isis
Phonenician: Adonis and Aphrodite
- Adonis was a handsome young shepherd loved by Aphrodite
- Persephone also loved Adonis
- while hunting , Adonis wounded a wild boar, which turned around and killed
- Zeus decided that both goddess should share Adonis for eternity
- Aphrodite have him for spring and summer
- the rest of the year with Persephone in the wnderworld
Persia: Zal and Rudabeh
- Zal father abandon him when he was a baby
- a bird with magic power snatched him up and raised him as its own nestings
- Zal fell in love with Rudabeh the princess of persia
- they got married
- Rudabeh was ready to give birth but become very ill