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Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols. He is known as
a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and arrows and is
famous for piercing hearts. The arrows signifies desire and
emotions of love. Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and Humans,
causing them to fall deeply in love.
Cupid has always played a role in the celebration of love and
lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros the young son
of Aphrodites, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Romans
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 has 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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