is venus jealous of the beauty of a mortal psyche?

Answer 1

Yes

The story of Cupid and Psyche -- where Psyche represents the human soul as such, apart from special connection with buddhi or kama -- depicts the search for happiness, or the course of human love. Psyche is of mortal birth, but so beautiful that Venus herself becomes jealous and sends Cupid to inspire Psyche with love for an unworthy object. But Cupid himself becomes enamored of Psyche. The love between Cupid and Psyche cannot be realized in the atmosphere of earthly passion and delusion, and is fulfilled only when Psyche, reconciled with Venus, is taken to the Olympian heights. The emblem of Psyche was the butterfly, which in winged joy comes forth into the sunlight from its prison of caterpillar and chrysalis.

Answer 2

Psyche, in Roman mythology, beautiful princess loved by Cupid, god of love. Jealous of Psyche's beauty, Venus, goddess of love, ordered her son, Cupid, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world.

http://www.italysoft.com/curios/psyche.htm

http://ca.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577646/Psyche_(mythological_figure).html

http://www.jwwaterhouse.com/view.cfm?recordid=80

Venus, goddess of beauty, became jealous of Psyche because their admiration of Psyche led people to neglect and even forget about Venus. So Venus devised a plot: She asked her son, Cupid, the god of love, to make Psyche fall in love with the most detestable creature in the whole world.

http://www.d230.org/cs/matiya/Psychology/General%20Resources%20for%20Students/myth_of_psyche.htm

Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal.

http://www.theholidayspot.com/valentine/cupid.htm

Answer 3

No, she was angry when men turned away from her temples to worship a beautiful mortal girl. The story was about a goddess protecting her divine rights rather than a beauty contest.