cupid

.::Cupid::.

.::The Most Famouse of::.

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Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers. He is known as a mischievous, winged chid, whose arrows who would pierce the hearts of his victims causing them to fall deeply in love. In accident Greece he was known as Eros the young son of "Aphrodite", the goddes of love and beauty. To the Roman's , he was Cupid , and his mother "Venus"

One legend tells the story of

       And the mortal maiden , Phyche. Venus was jealous of the beauty of Phyche , and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid felt deepy in love with her. He took her as his wife , but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him. Phyche was happy until her sisters convinced her to look at Cupid. Cupid punished her by departing. their lovely castle and gardens vanished with him and Phyche found herself alone in an open field

           As she wandered to find her love. She came upon the temple of Venus. Wishing to destroy her, the goddess of love gave Phyche a series of tasks, each harder and dangerous than the last. for her last task, Phyche 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. and also warned not to open the box. Temptation would overcome , Phyche, and she opened the box. but instead of finding beauty , she found deadly slumber

            Cupid found her lifeless on the ground. He gathered the sleep from her body and put it back in the box. Cupid forgave her, as did Venus. The gods, moved by Phyche's love for Cupid made her a goddess.