Cupid Earrings

Playful Cupid with his arrows is a classic symbol of “Valentine’s Day”, piercing the hearts of lovers with sweet desire.

However, the plump Cupid of today is a far cry from the original Latin Cupido, a name for Eros, the Greek god of love and child of Aphrodite. The Hindu god of love, Kama, was often depicted with a bow and arrow. However, Kama was a fierce and beautiful youth, with arrows in his quiver that had names such as “agony,” “fire,” and “madness.” The notion of sexual desire as a holy impulse, connected with rhythms of the earth, fertility, and the cycles of the gods themselves, is complex for us, as we have inherited religious mythologies that emphasize celibacy or chastity. View lust as sinful, yet Cupid is an acknowledgement of the power of desire. During the Renaissance, it was fashionable to paint Cupids around images of a lover’s tryst or at a wedding.

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