As everything has some story attached to it, so how can cupid be left behind. Some stories suggest that cupid had fallen in love with Psyche, the mortal maiden. It says that cupid's mother as in goddess Venus was jealous of Psyche's beauty so she asked her son to punish her but the story went the other round and cupid gave his heart to her. Because she was a mortal she wasn't allowed to look at cupid. But Psyche's sisters convinced her to have a glimpse of her lover's sight. This girl got carried away and did so and the consequence was a bad one and she got punishment from cupid and she was left all alone.
Desperately, Psyche started finding her love and as she was on her journey, she came across the temple of Venus. Goddess Venus in order to trouble her, asked Psyche to perform a series of tasks and the worst part was that each time she was made to do a tougher job. Things were getting tough for her. But she did not give up. In her last activity, she was handed over a box and was ordered to go to the underworld and gather the beauty of Proserpine, the wife of Pluto.
She was strictly prohibited from opening the box but as human tendency is you get tempted to do what you are not supposed to do, so did Psyche. She opened the box and went into a state of deep sleep. After having found his love lying lifeless on the ground, Cupid decided to forgive her and so did the goddess of love, Venus. Seeing her mad passionate love for cupid, she was made goddess by gods. Cupid is known by different names like among Romans, he is known by the name cupid whereas among Greeks, he is addressed by the name Eros. So, guys if you too wish to spruce up your love life then do not forget to present your sweetheart with a cupid.
