Cupid

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Cupid is the Roman god of love and desire, traditionally depicted as a winged boy whose arrows cause people to fall in love.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman god
deity of love
mythological figure
artMotif putto
artTradition Baroque art
Renaissance art
associatedWith Psyche
Venus
category Love and lust gods
Mythological archers
Roman gods
childOf Olympian gods
culture Roman mythology
domain desire
love
effectOfGoldenArrows arouse love
effectOfLeadArrows arouse aversion
equivalentTo Amor
Cupid
surface form: "Eros"
gender male
greekCounterpart Eros (primordial)
surface form: "Eros"
holidayAssociation Valentine's Day
iconographicAttribute arrows
bow
quiver
wings
influenced Western art
Western literature
languageOfName Latin
meaningOfName desire
mythCycle Amore e Psiche
surface form: "Cupid and Psyche"
oftenDepictedWith blindfold
torch
parent Mars
Venus
power to inflame desire
to make people fall in love
spouse Psyche
symbolicTheme love as burning flame
love is blind
symbolOf attraction
erotic desire
romantic love
typicalDepiction nude child
winged boy
weaponType golden arrows
lead arrows

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aphrodite child Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros"
Ares child Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros (in some traditions)"
this entity surface form: "Eros"
Aphrodite depictedWith Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros"
Cupid equivalentTo Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros"
this entity surface form: "Eros"
Daphne opposedBy Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros (through his arrow to Apollo)"
Chaos precedes Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros"
Cupid sharesNameWith Cupid
this entity surface form: "Cupid (Roman god of love)"
Erebus sibling Cupid
this entity surface form: "Eros"