Psyche is the Ancient Greek term (ψυχή) for 'soul'.

Psyche 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 mythological figure whose story and marriage to Cupid is known from Apuleius' book The Golden Ass
  • 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
  • Psyche (painting), a 1902 painting by Solomon Joseph Solomon

Music

  • Psyché (Falla), a 1924 classical music composition by Manuel de Falla
  • 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, a 1975 album by Revolutionary Ensemble

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

  • Psy (disambiguation)
  • Psych (disambiguation)
  • Psycho (disambiguation)
  • Psychic (disambiguation)
  • Psychedelic (disambiguation)
  • Soul (disambiguation)