All 7 Uses of
Cupid
in
Beastly, by Alex Flinn
- These are the ones in the pot with the cupid's face on it.†
Part 3Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love
- The ones in the cupid pot were white.†
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- Psyche marries handsome Cupid, but since he only comes to her after dark, her sisters persuade her that he is a monster.
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- In several versions, including one by the Brothers Grimm, the Beast is human by night but an animal by day, and in this way, the tale is similar to the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche, where Psyche marries handsome Cupid, but since he only comes to her after dark, her sisters persuade her that he is a monster.†
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- Cupid and Psyche is perhaps the earliest variant on this tale.†
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- In Cupid and Psyche, Psyche, when she leaves Cupid, must go on a quest to get him back.†
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- In Cupid and Psyche, Psyche, when she leaves Cupid, must go on a quest to get him back.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(Cupid) Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In earlier Greek mythology, Cupid was strikingly handsome.