Cute!
The mythological orgins of Cupid go back to Greek but mostly Roman times, yet, Cupid himself has received titles ranging from angel, to fairy, to demon, to ghost, entity, god, demi god, semi god, seraphim, and as the god of love which is not accurate.
The best we know about this chubby lovable is that in the Theogony of Hesiod, Cupid is the son of Chaos and Earth. Some other times he is the baby of Venus and Jupiter, and other times he is the son if the goddess of the night *Nyx* and Eberous.
Cupid is witty doing both good and evil. If you remember, the earlier versions of cartoons depicting Cupid show a truth to the original myth that he is in fact a trouble maker, and that one arrow is the antidote to another, which is why he has to carry more than one. Hence, he can bring out any intense emotion, both hatred to be combatted by the arrow of love, and vice versa.
The novel Metaphorphoses by Apuleius gives us the coolest tale of Cupid in Cupid and Psyche. Psyche was Cupid's true and first real love, as he pricked himself with his own arrow, falling in love with her to the anger of Venus.Finally, with the intervention of daddy Jupiter Venus left Psyche alone and the myth was born.
Cupid is marketed nowadays much similarly to the Victorian Santa Claus, which means it had a religious subtletly of character, this time exemplified by his "angelic" looks.
Every since its first marketing, it has remained looking the same way (something quite unique to many icons which change with social changes) but nevertheless, as popular as ever.
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