Psyche Explained

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

Psyche or La Psyché may also refer to:

Psychology

Psyche (psychology), the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious
Psyche, an 1846 book about the unconscious by Carl Gustav Carus
Psyche, an 1890–1894 book about the ancient Greek concept of soul by Erwin Rohde
Psyche (consciousness journal), a periodical on the study of consciousness
Psyche, a digital magazine on psychology published by Aeon
Psyche Cattell, (1893–1989), American psychologist

Religion and mythology

Psyche (mythology), a mortal woman in Greek mythology who became the wife of Eros and the goddess of the soul
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 1664 painting by Claude Lorrain, National Gallery London
- 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
- Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss a sculpture of 1793 by Antonio Canova
- Psyche, a six-canto allegorical poem by Mary Tighe first published in 1805
- Cupid and Psyche (Thorvaldsen), a sculpture of 1808, Copenhagen
- Love and Psyche (David), a painting of 1817, now in Cleveland
- Eros and Psyche (Robert Bridges), poem of 1885
- 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

Music

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
"Psyche-Out", a 1963 instrumental by The Original Surfaris
The Psyche (Revolutionary Ensemble album), 1975

Other media

A 1972 fictive anthology by Sándor Weöres
Danielle Moonstar, a character in the Marvel Comics universe
"Psyche" (Duckman), a 1994 episode of Duckman
Psyche, a character from Unico

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), code name for v8.0 (2002)

Vessels

Psyche (spacecraft), a 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
, various ships of the French Navy

See also