Summary of Pygmalion

Some time ago, there lived a sculptor named Pygmalion. He did not have a wife or children because he was perfectly happy to live alone, carving every day. His friends often asked him to get married and raise a family, but he would reply that he did not need since his art was his great love.

One day, the man began to make a sculpture of a beautiful woman. Pygmalion worked on and on without resting until the embodiment of his vision stood before him. The sculptor loved this statue very much; she seemed so real to him. He told her how beautiful she was and bought her presents, hoping she would talk. She remained silent, nevertheless he kept hoping.

One night, Pygmalion fell asleep at the foot of the statue, exhausted by the hopeless wish. Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, took pity. She brought the statue alive, and named her Galatea. Something disturbed the sculptor from his sleep, and he learned that his wish had come true.
Venus blessed the marriage of Pygmalion and Galatea, and they lived happily ever after. When Pygmalion died and his spirit left this world, his wife’s spirit went with his, while her body returned to the figure her husband had shaped.