Cupid

Learn here all about Cupid, a popular symbol of Valentine's Day and the Roman god of love! Read the history of Cupid, see a list of all the Cupid movies, videos about Cupid, Cupid pictures, blogs, questions, and Cupid products. In Roman mythology, he shoots people with arrows to make them fall in love.Mythography: Cupid

Cupid's origin is in the story of Cupid and Psyche. This story comes from Roman mythology. There are many famous paintings of it, some are at the bottom of this page. Here is how the story goes:

The Roman Goddess Venus was jealous of the beauty of a human woman named Psyche. Venus sent her son Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest man in the world. Cupid fell in love with Psyche and carried her off to a secluded place. Cupid had forbidden Psyche to ever look at Cupid's face. She was curious, though, and one night she lit a lamp and looked at Cupid while he was asleep. Because Psyche disobeyed him, Cupid abandoned her. Psyche wandered throughout the world searching for Cupid. Psyche was finally reunited with Cupid and was made immortal by the Roman God Jupiter.http://www.italysoft.com/curios/psyche.htm Psyche

Today, when we speak of our psyche, we are speaking of our self-awareness as a human -- no matter if we are male or female.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PSYCHE This is how the word pyschic came about. It refers to people who are able to tap into or influence another person's self-awareness.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/psychic?db=dictionary

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