Who is Valentine’s Cupid and ‘where on Earth’ did he come from?
For all those who haven’t heard of him, he’s the little fat baby with wings who goes round pubs just before closing times and convinces you that the ugliest people look amazing and are definitely worth a shag!
Well, I can now reveal where the little tyke came from:
He started off existence in ancient Greece under the name of Eros the young son of Aphrodite. Back then he was known for his mischievous nature and love arrows that he would fire at people’s hearts making them fall in love. But to the Roman’s, he was called Cupid, and his mother was Venus.
Cupid & his bird, Psyche.
The legend of Cupid went a little like this; he met a bird called Psyche. His mum got jealous of her being better looking than her and ordered Cupid (her son) to punish the mortal. He didn’t do this, but instead fell head over heels in love with Psyche and made her his wife… only one catch, she wasn’t allowed to look at him because he was a God!
Her do-good sisters talked her into looking at Cupid, who then got very pissed off and killed her. She then found herself in an open field, alone. She went looking for Cupid and found Venus who gave her a few tasks hoping to secretly destroy her. Each task was more challenging than the next. The last task was especially tricky and meant that she had to brave the Underworld to collect some beauty of Proserpine and put it in a box. Simple I hear you say!
Well, she was ordered not to open the box she had been given, but temptation is a wicked thing. She opened the box and instead of finding beauty she found sleep!
Cupid eventually found her and collected the sleep from her and put it back in the box (as you do). Everyone forgave each other and Psyche became a goddess.
THE END
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READER COMMENTS:
i reallly didnt understan this.it was a little confusing to me but i got it.
Posted by Alexa glover on Wed 14th February 2007 at 05:46 PM | #