Many wonder where did Cupid come from and why is he
associated with Valentine's Day.
Cupid has long played a role in the celebrations of love and
lovers. He is known as a mischievous, winged child, whose arrows who would
pierce 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