Psyche, abandoned to her fate on the mountain top, is rescued and carried away by Zephyrus, the West Wind.
Psyche is a princess so beautiful that the goddess Venus becomes jealous.
He becomes her unseen husband, visiting her only at night. In her search for him she undertakes a series of cruel and difficult tasks set by Venus in the hope of winning him back. Cupid can eventually no longer bear to witness her suffering or to be apart from her and pleads their cause to the gods. Psyche becomes an immortal and the lovers are married in heaven. The origins of the story are obscure.