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Cupid
Other names: Amor,[Q35] Cupido[Q35]
Alternative parentage: Venus and Mercury[J94]
God of love and harmony.[15]
He is the equivalent of
Eros
in Greek mythology.[Q35]
Usually represented as a winged boy armed with a bow and arrows; often
pictured with a bandage over his eyes, to indicate the blindness or
unreasonableness of love.[Q35]
He shoots arrows into the hearts of gods and mortals alike to make them
fall in love, or refute amorous advances.[W78] |