Venus is jealous and therefore sends her son Cupid to kill Psyche with one of his arrows. However, Cupid, who has made himself invisible to perform his dastardly deed, falls in love with Psyche and takes her to a castle. They become man and wife, but he only visits with her in the night. Moreover, she is directed not to look at him during his nightly visits. One night she is fooled by her sisters into carrying a candle and killing Cupid who, they claim, is a monstrous serpent. She does as her sisters suggest, sees that her husband is Cupid and burns him with her candle. She falls in love, but Cupid leaves her as he had warned.
