Mythology - Roman - Psyche

Psyche was a mortal princess who was so beautiful that people began bringing her offerings as if she were Venus, making the goddess angry enough to send Cupid to make the girl fall in love with a beast. Instead, Cupid fell in love with her and stole her away and married her, but Psyche broke an oath to him and had to survive three trials to gain forgiveness from Venus before she was allowed to speak to Cupid again. Once forgiven, she was gifted with immortality and is considered the goddess of the soul. She is often represented as a beautiful girl with butterfly wings. The story of Cupid and Psyche is in Apuleius' 2nd century CE novel: Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass.