Valentine's Day
 

A Little Bit of Valentine's Day Humor...

I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day.

When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind
is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon :):)

Yikes it charlie. Happy V-Day RA. Love your posts and humor.

Cupid
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This article is about the Roman god.

Cupidon (French for Cupid), by Bouguereau, 1875In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido) is the god of erotic love. He is equated with the Greek god Eros, and another one of his Latin names Amor (cognate with Kama).
Cupid's lineage
There are differing stories about Cupid's parentage. Cicero provides three different lineages: son of Mercury (Hermes) and Diana (Artemis), son of Mercury and Venus (Aphrodite), and son of Mars (Ares in Greek mythology) and Venus. Plato mentions two of these, and Hesiod's Theogony, the most ancient Greek theoography, says that Cupid was created coevally with Chaos and the earth.
Throughout ancient mythological writing, there appear to be either two Cupids or two sides to the figure of Cupid. One is the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Venus. He is a lively youth who delights in pranks and spreading love. The other is a son of Nyx and Erebus, known for riotous debauchery.
Cult
Sleeping Cupid by Battistello Caracciolo, c.1616, Whitfield Fine ArtCupid's cult was closely associated with that of Venus, with Cupid being worshipped as devotedly as she. Additionally, Cupid's power was supposed to be even greater than his mother's, since he had dominion over the dead in Hades, the creatures of the sea and the gods in Olympus. Some of the cults of Cupid suggested that Cupid as son of Night and Hell mated with Chaos to produce both men and gods, making the gods the offspring of love.