Psyche

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Psyche (Psyché in French) is the Greek term for "soul" or "spirit" (ψυχή).

It may also refer to:

Mythology

• Psyche (mythology), the name of a mortal woman in Greek mythology, who becomes the wife of Eros, and divine.

Psychology

• Psyche (psychology), the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious
• Soul in the Bible, spirit or soul in Judaic and Christian philosophy and theology
• Psyche (book), an 1846 book about the unconscious by Carl Gustav Carus
• Psyche (consciousness journal), a periodical on the study of consciousness

Art

• The story of Cupid and Psyche is mainly known from the Latin novel by Apuleius, and has been depicted in many forms:
  • Cupid and Psyche (sculpture), a Roman statue
  • Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss a sculpture of 1793 by Antonio Canova
  • 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
  • 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
  • Eros and Psyche (Robert Bridges), poem of 1885
• "Psyche-Out", a 1963 instrumental by The Original Surfaris
• A 1972 fictive anthology by Sándor Weöres
• Psyche (band), a Canadian dark synthpop music group (formed 1982)
• Psyche (album), a 1994 album by PJ & Duncan
• A 2009 electronica song by Massive Attack on Splitting the Atom

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

Technology

• Psyche (spacecraft), a proposed orbiter to explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche

Other uses

• 16 Psyche, an asteroid
• HMS Psyche, one of various British naval ships
• USS Psyche V (SP-9), a United States patrol vessel
• French frigate Psyché (1804)
• Danielle Moonstar, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Psyche (Red Hat Linux)
• Psych, an American detective comedy-drama television series

See also

• Psych, an American detective comedy-drama television series
• Psychedelic (disambiguation)