14 February,2011 08:18 AM IST | | Special Features
Come Valentine's day, and the one guy who hogs all the attention is Cupid. CS tells you more about him and where he hails from:
>>u00a0According to Roman tradition, Cupid is the son of goddess Venus and god Mars.
>>u00a0Cupid is synonymous with the Greek God Eros signifying intimate love and the prehistoric God of sexual love and beauty.
>>u00a0Cupid is said to have fallen in love with princess Psyche in an attempt to pacify his jealous mother Venus.
Psyche became a goddess as a result of Jupiter's immortality gift to her while she searched her disappeared love in every corner of the world. Together they had a daughter, Voluptas, or Hedone, meaning pleasure.
>>u00a0Cupid is often portrayed as a nude winged boy or baby carrying two sets of arrows: one set gold-headed, which inspires love; and the other lead-headed, which inspires hatred.
