Stupid Cupid gets busy

Updated on: 14 February,2011 08:18 AM IST |
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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

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:

>>u00a0The word Cupid means desire and it stands as a symbol for desire, affection and erotic love.

>>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.