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The Legend of Cupid
Cupid has always played a role in the celebrations of love and lovers, like Valenitne's Day.
He is known as a mischievous, winged child, with arrows that pierced
the hearts of his victims causing them to fall deeply in love. In ancient
Greece, he was known as Eros the young son of Aphrodite, the
goddess of love and beauty. To the Roman's he was Cupid, and his
mother, Venus.
One legend tells the story of Cupid and the mortal maiden, Psyche.
Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to
punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. He
took her as his wife, but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him.
Psyche 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 Psyche 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 Psyche a series of
tasks, each harder and dangerous than the last. For her last task
Psyche 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 Psyche 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 Psyche's love for Cupid made her a goddess.
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