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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
• French ship Psyché, various ships of the French Navy

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Psyche
• All pages with titles containing Psyche
• Psy (disambiguation)
• Psych (disambiguation)
• Psycho (disambiguation)
• Psychic (disambiguation)
• Psychedelic (disambiguation)
• Soul (disambiguation)

• New Testament words and phrases
• Disambiguation pages