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Cupid (Eros)
The son of Venus, Cupid was the Roman god of romantic love. His Greek equivalent is Eros. There are many exploits associated with Cupid throughout mythology, but the most popular is his relationship with Psyche. In modern culture, Cupid is heavily associated with Valentine's Day, although usually in a diapered baby form.
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If you mean the primordial Eros, he is either self-formed, or son of Nyx or Khaos.
Eros who was son of Aphrodite alone, Himeros is the twin to Eros.
Harmonia, Deimos, Anteros, and Phobos are all children of Ares and Aphrodite; who Eros is credited to being the son of.
Eros was Aphrodite's son and was considered the god of sexual love and beauty.
He was born in Rome and became a folktale like johnny apleseed and others who were real, but exagerated the things they do. Cupid was known for matching people together just right, but i dont know how he got the name"Cupid"
What kind of arrows does cupid have?
cupid has 2 kinds of arrows. His first, the golden arrows, makes the person at whom they are fired fall in love with the next person they see. His second, the iron arrows, make people fall out of love, i.e. hate, the next person they see
Why is cupid the symbol for Valentine's Day?
because he is the god of love(like the goddess of love, Aphrodite
Cupid IS the Roman name. It comes from the Latin word "cupido, cupere" which means "to desire". He was also known as Amor, which comes from "amo, -are" which means to love.
His Greek counterpart was the later version of Eros.
Yes he did. Her name was Psyche, a beautiful, young mortal. She was praised by many for her beauty, and men came from afar to worship her. They abandoned Aphrodite's temples for a mortal girl.
Aphrodite was angry and jealous, so she told her son, Cupid, to make her fall in love with a terrible monster. However, he fell in love with her himself.
Meanwhile, though men were praising Psyche's beauty, none wanted to marry her. Puzzled, Psyche's father went to see an oracle. At Cupid's instruction, the oracle commanded that Psyche be left on a hilltop and would be taken by a fearful winged serpent for marriage. Horrified, but unable to do anything, Psyche's father and sisters bid her farewell.
Zepher carried Psyche to a mansion. There, she lived with her 'husband', but never knew of his identity at his command. Finally, her sisters came to visit, though Cupid did not want this. Seeing Psyche's beautiful mansion, her sisters were very jealous. They came up with a plot; they told Psyche that she had to know who her husband was, and that she should take a lamp and look at his face while he was sleeping. Agreeing, Psyche did so.
When she finally realized that her husband was Cupid, the god of love, it was too late. A drop of oil from her lamp landed on his face, and he quickly awoke. Finding that his wife had disobeyed his orders, he fled to his mother's chambers so she could care for his wounds.
Psyche was brokenhearted. She prayed to all of the other gods, but none would help in fear of angering Aphrodite. Finally, she offered herself to Aphrodite as her servant.
Then, Aphrodite made Psyche do 'impossible' tasks. She had to sort seeds out of a large pile, then she had to get golden fleece from fierce sheep, then get water from the River Styx, and finally get a box of beauty from Proserpine. Psyche succeeded in all of those tasks, with the help of ants, a green reed, an eagle, and a tower, respectively.
However, Psyche opened the box of beauty before taking it to Aphrodite. This caused her to fall into a deep slumber. She was awakened by Cupid, who went to Jupiter to officially marry them. This was done, and Psyche was granted immortality. Aphrodite was no longer angered, as she could not object to a goddess as a daughter-in-law. In addition, when Psyche would be caring for children and Cupid, she would no longer have the time to meddle with Aphrodite's worshipers.
He was the god of love, and he shot arrows of desire or hate at mortals or even gods.
There are two Eros: A/ Eros/ Έρος - Φάνης, the self born from the cosmic egg, the driving force of the new life generation. His children were the birds. B/ Eros/ Έρως also known as cupid/ amor son of Aphrodite and the genitals of the ancient god Ouranos who had a brother [Himeros] and a daughter Hedone.
The children of Έρος/ Φάνης Πρωτόγεννος [Eros/ Phanes protogenos] and Khaos were the birds. The child of the second deity that bears the name Έρως Ουράνιος [Eros] and Psykhe [Ψυχή] was Hedone [Ηδονή].
What role did Cupid played in mythology?
In Roman mythology, Cupid was the son of Venus (the goddess of love) and Mars (god of war). Venus was jealous of the princess Psyche, who was so loved by her subjects that they forgot to worship Venus. Venus ordered him to make Psyche fall in love with the poorest and ugliest man in the world, but Cupid ended up falling in love with her.
What does the wheel mean in the painting 'Cupid with Wheel of Fortune'?
The painting was done in 1520 by the artist Titian who lived during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries from 1477 until 27 August 1576 and shows cupid with his hand upon a wheel Fortune wheels have been used in their various itterations throughout history. They represent what we might call luck or chance. Cupid was the greek god of love, represented in many paintings and sculptures as a cherub wielding a shortbow. You could speculate that the reason for cupid to be portrayed next to a fortune wheel is because some people are fortunate in love while others are not. In this painting Cupid with his wheel is really asking you "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
