Who Is The Second Sister?
The sister who schemes alongside the eldest
The Second Sister is the younger of Psyche's two sisters, and like the eldest, she has no name in the original text. Following her older sister, she married the king of another country.
When she sees her sister's happiness at the palace, she burns with jealousy just like the eldest sister. She laments that her husband is bent over with a joint disease and that she lives more like his nurse than his wife, and she plots with her older sister. Together they teach Psyche a plan: light a lamp over her sleeping husband and kill him with a razor.
In the original story, the two sisters visit the palace several times, and each time their words for leading Psyche astray grow more cunning. Later, the sisters pay the price for their scheming.
Episodes featuring this character4
NEWEpisode 1
Too Beautiful to Be LovedCupid and Psyche
Everyone worships her, but no one falls in love with her. Princess Psyche is so beautiful that she earns the jealousy of the goddess Venus. In this first episode, Psyche tells her father, "I want someone to really see me." Then the god of prophecy gives his answer: "Leave her on a mountain crag as a bride. Her husband is a winged monster."
19 pages
NEWEpisode 3
Love Him All You Want. Just Never Look.Eros and Psyche (Cupid and Psyche)
Just as the oracle foretold a monster for a husband, Psyche is wed in a darkened bedchamber to a man whose face and name she will never know. His voice and the warmth of his hands slowly win her heart, until one night he gives her a single warning: "Don't try to see my face." Could you keep that promise?
19 pages
NEWEpisode 4
I Shared My Joy. My Sisters Turned Green.Eros and Psyche (Cupid and Psyche)
Psyche's sisters weep on the cliff, sure she is dead, so she brings them to her golden palace and treats them like royalty. She only wanted to share her happiness, but little by little her sisters' eyes turn green with envy. That night, her unseen husband tells her she is carrying his child.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 5
"Your Husband's a Serpent." Now Look.Eros and Psyche (Cupid and Psyche)
Psyche is pregnant, and her sisters come to visit again. She tries to keep her husband's secret, but she slips and tells them a different story than last time. Jealous, the sisters whisper that her husband is a monster. That night, lying next to her sleeping husband, Psyche reaches a trembling hand toward the lamp…
19 pages