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Date Posted: 14:38:39 02/11/03 Tue
Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols and everybody knows that boy armed with bow and
arrows, and piercing hearts . He is known as a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and
arrows. The arrows signify desires and emotions of love, and Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and
Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love. Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of
love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess
of love and beauty. To the Roman's he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.
There is a very interesting story about Cupid and His mortal Bride Psyche in Roman mythology.
Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead,
Cupid fell deeply in love with her. He took her as his wife, but as a mortal she was forbidden to
look at him.
Psyche was happy until her sisters persuaded her to look at Cupid. as soon as Psyche looked at
Cupid, Cupid punished her by leaving her. Their lovely castle and gardens vanished too. Psyche
found herself alone in an open field with no signs of other beings or Cupid. As she wandered trying
to find her love, she came upon the temple of Venus. Wishing to destroy her, the goddess of love
gave Psyche a series of tasks, each harder and more dangerous then the last.
For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld. She was told
to get some of the beauty of Proserpine, the wife of Pluto, and put it in the box. During her trip
she was given tips on
avoiding the dangers of the realm of the dead. She was also warned not to open the box. But
Temptation overcame Psyche and she opened the box. But instead of finding beauty, she found
deadly slumber.
Cupid found her lifeless on the ground. He gathered the deadly sleep from her body and put it
back in the box. Cupid forgave her, as did Venus. The gods, moved by Psyche's love for Cupid made
her a goddess.
Today, Cupid and his arrows have become the most popular of love signs, and love is most
frequently depicted by two hearts pierced by an arrow, Cupid's arrow.
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