Psyche
Psyche (Psyché in French) is the Greek term for "soul" or "spirit" (ψυχή).
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It may also refer to:
Psychology
- Psyche (psychology), the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious
- Psyche (book), an 1846 book about the unconscious by Carl Gustav Carus
- Psyche (consciousness journal), a periodical on the study of consciousness
Religion and mythology
- Psyche (mythology), a mortal woman in Greek mythology, who becomes the wife of Eros, and divine
- Soul in the Bible, spirit or soul in Judaic and Christian philosophy and theology
Arts and media
Based on Cupid and Psyche
- The story of Cupid and Psyche, mainly known from the Latin novel by Apuleius, and depicted in many forms:
- Cupid and Psyche (Capitoline Museums), a Roman statue
- Marlborough gem, a 1st-century carved cameo
- Landscape with Psyche Outside the Palace of Cupid, a painting by Claude Lorrain, National Gallery London
- Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss a sculpture of 1793 by Antonio Canova
- Cupid and Psyche (Thorvaldsen), a sculpture of 1808, Copenhagen
- Love and Psyche (David), a painting of 1817, now in Cleveland
- Psyché (play), a 1671 tragedy-ballet by Molière
- Psyche (Locke), a semi-opera of 1675 with music by Matthew Locke
- Psyché (opera), a 1678 opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Eros and Psyche (Robert Bridges), poem of 1885
- A 1714 violin sonata by Italian composer Michele Mascitti
- An 1888 symphonic poem by Belgian composer César Franck
- An 1898 fairy tale by Louis Couperus
- A 1924 classical music composition by Manuel de Falla
Other media
- Psyche (album), a 1994 album by PJ & Duncan
- Psyche (band), a Canadian dark synthpop music group (formed 1982)
- A 2009 electronica song by Massive Attack on Splitting the Atom
- A 1972 fictive anthology by Sándor Weöres
- Danielle Moonstar, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
- "Psyche-Out", a 1963 instrumental by The Original Surfaris
Science and technology
Biology
- Psyche (entomology journal), a periodical on entomology
- Psyche (moth), a genus of moths in the bagworm family (Psychidae)
- Leptosia nina, or Psyche, a species of butterfly
Other uses in science and technology
- 16 Psyche, an asteroid
- Psyche (Red Hat Linux)
Vessels
- Psyche (spacecraft), an upcoming NASA orbiter of the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche
- HMS Psyche, one of various British naval ships
- USS Psyche V (SP-9), a United States patrol vessel
- French frigate Psyché (1804)
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See also
- Soul (disambiguation)
- Psych, an American detective comedy-drama television series
- Psychic bid or psych, in the game of contract bridge
- Psychedelic (disambiguation)
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