Cupid is an important symbol for Valentine's Day. Simply because he is the god of love. Cupid was willing to do anything to make his mother, Venus, happy. He sent Cupid on a mission to make his arch rival fall in love with the ugliest living thing ever. Unfortunately, this failed on Venus and Cupid became his own victim. Cupid was the son of Venus and Mars. Venus didn't like the fact that Cupid remained a child, so she went to Themis. He said, “Love cannot grow without passion” (Baker 81). Cupid remained a child until the birth of his brother Anteros. Once his brother was born, Cupid felt the passion and became a little boy. Except when his brother left, he returned to his normal state. A king and a queen had three daughters. The youngest, Psyche, was the prettiest of the girls. Psyche was so pretty that people came from all over just to see her. They even began to call her the goddess of beauty, which was Venus. This outraged Venus and she asked Cupid to go and shoot Psyche to make her fall in love with the ugliest thing in the world. As Cupid was about to shoot Psyche, he accidentally grazed the arrow against her side. At first he had no idea that he was hurt, but he fell in love with Psyche. Since he was so in love, he decided not to harm Psyche and left. Meanwhile, Psyche's parents were very upset that no one was interested in her. They went to the oracle and he said that Psyche was destined to marry a monster (“Summary of Cupid and Psyche”). Her parents were ordered to leave her alone on a mountain. Psyche knew that something bad would happen to her. While she waited, Cupid sent Zephyr to fetch her. He took her to a beautiful meadow full of flowers. Curiosity came to Psyche...... middle of the paper....... After the marriage Cupid and Psyche had a daughter named Voluptas, the goddess of pleasure. In conclusion, the story of Cupid and Psyche is very powerful. He has many different feelings such as love and jealousy. Venus was jealous of Psyche but this got her nowhere because Psyche became her daughter-in-law. Love overcame Psyche's mistake of breaking Cupid's promise. They eventually married and had a daughter. Works Cited Baker, Emilie Kip. Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Print. "Cupid and Psyche". gradesaver. Grade Saver LLC. 1999-2014. Network. 9 March 2014. "Summary of Cupid and Psyche". shmoop. Shmoop University, Inc., 2014. Web.8 March 2014.Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. Boston: Little, Brown Company, 1942. Print.Kravitz, David. Who's who in Greek and Roman mythology. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1975. Print.