By F. Mason Hertrich Comparison of "Cupid and Psyche", and "The Frog King", by the Brothers Grimm The two stories are verily similar. There is the difference in that one takes place more in ancient times, and the other takes place in medieval times. However what they do have in common is that the main character meets someone who she wants nothing to do with, until the end when she changes her mind. In Cupid and Psyche in a slightly Snow White type of situation Venus out of pure jealously of Psyche condemns her to be with a man who is hideous and lives in the mountains. Then she goes there and meets the creature to at first not like him. Until she shines a light in his face and thru that she sees he isn't as bad as she thought. In the Frog King it is slightly different. In this case the princess losses her ball, and the frog brings it back to her. She then promises the frog wh