In Roman mythology,
Cupid and Psyche end up having a daughter together, named Voluptas (a.k.a. Hedone, sometimes translated as Pleasure).
In Greek mythology, Hedone is personified as a goddess of pleasure, enjoyment, and delight, as the daughter born from the union of Eros (personification of love) and Psyche (personification of the soul). She was associated more specifically with sensual pleasure.
From then on, Psyche and Eros had a child, Hedone, goddess of pleasure, and Psyche became known as the goddess of the soul.
When Cupid found her he struck her with a golden arrow which brought her back to life so she could become his wife. Cupid and Psyche are said to have had a daughter who was given the name Voluptas meaning 'pleasure. '
Putti representing cupids became known as an amorini. Finally, it was the art of the 17th century that started representing putti and amorini as playful children disregarding the Roman god's powers, which is where the modern Valentine's Day representation of a mischievous flying toddler with a bow and arrow comes from.
Cupid is, quite literally, the child of the goddess of love, Venus. In Greek mythology, he is known as Eros, and, depending on the source, was thought to be a primordial god who came into the world either asexually, from an egg, or the son of Aphrodite (Venus' Hellenistic counterpart).
According to myth, Cupid was the son of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love.
Psyche was the youngest of three daughters to an unnamed king and queen. Her beauty was so extraordinary, it almost outshone that of Aphrodite, the goddess of love.
In Roman culture, Cupid was the child of the goddess Venus, popularly known today as the goddess of love, and Mars, the god of war.
PEITHO was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of persuasion, seduction and charming speech.
Hestia was regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all the Gods.
Perhaps Cupid is usually seen as a baby because babies represent the combination of two people in love. In Greek mythology, his mother is Aphrodite. Cupid is the equivalent to the gods Amor and Eros, depending on which myths are told. He is represented by the symbol of two hearts with an arrow piercing through them.
I know you've heard about Cupid, but have you heard of Cupid's evil twin, Chet. Cupid is helping people fall in love with each other, but Chet does the opposite.
Cupid and Psyche
Instead, Cupid became so enamored with Psyche that he married her—with the condition that she could never see his face.
Athena was an armed warrior goddess. The Parthenon at Athens was her most famous shrine. She never had a true lover or someone to hug and hold her; all she had was her loving mother, caring father and most of all her brothers and sisters.
For the Romans, the character of Cupid was always a cherubic little boy who followed his mother's wishes to make people fall in love.
According to Cicero and Pausanias, Cupid had a brother, born after him to the same parents: Venus and Mars. Anteros is sometimes viewed as Cupid's enemy, representing spiritual rather than carnal love, and featured contending for victory by struggling over a palm.
Cupid is sent to shoot Psyche with an arrow so that she may fall in love with something hideous. He instead scratches himself with his own dart, which makes any living thing fall in love with the first thing it sees. Consequently, he falls deeply in love with Psyche and disobeys his mother's order.
He appeared as a handsome youth in early art and poetry, but by the Hellenistic period—which spanned from 323 B.C.E. to 31 B.C.E. —he'd morphed into the chubby winged child that we know and love today.
Cupid's father, depending on which story is being told, was either Hermes, the gods' messenger called Mercury by the Romans; Ares, the god of war (also known as Mars), or Zeus, king of the gods (also known as Jupiter).
Cupid began to be referred to as a demon of fornication. That meaning hasn't stood the test of time though. Now Cupid is widely regarded as a Greek/Roman god, and not a demon.
He has feminine and flamboyant mannerisms, but is quite well-spoken. Cupid is altogether a fairy, a god, and a holiday character.