related in different ages and in countries far away from each
other, we shall see how this likeness of popular tradition runs
through all of them, and shows their common origin. So we will
go to the next chapter, and tell a few kindred tales from East
and West, and South and North.

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[1] Edward Clodd, _The Childhood of Religions: Embracing a
Simple Account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and
Legends_, p. 76-77. (1878)

[2] Kingsley's _Heroes_, preface, p. xv.




CHAPTER II.

KINDRED TALES FROM DIVERS LANDS: EROS AND PSYCHE.

Once upon a time there lived a king and a queen, who had three
beautiful daughters. The youngest of them, who was called
Psyche, was the loveliest; she was so very beautiful that she
was thought to be a second Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and
Love, and all who saw her worshipped her as if she were the
goddess; so that the temples of Aphrodite were deserted and her
worship neglected, and Psyche was preferred to her; and as she
passed along the streets, or came into the temples, the people
crowded round her, and scattered flowers under her feet, and
offered garlands to her. Now, when Aphrodite knew this she grew