Cupid

Roman deity, counterpart of Eros
Person roman_deity Q5011
Cupid
William-Adolphe Bouguereau · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Cupid

Summary

Cupid is a Roman deity[1]. He ranks in the top 8% of roman_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,616 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cupid's father was Mercury[3].
  • Cupid's father was Mars[4].
  • Cupid's mother was Venus[5].
  • Cupid's mother was Diana[6].
  • Cupid's image is recorded as William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905) - L'amour mouillé (1891).jpg[7].
  • Cupid is recorded as male[8].
  • Cupid's instance of is recorded as Roman deity[9].
  • Cupid's instance of is recorded as fertility deity[10].
  • Cupid's instance of is recorded as mythical creature[11].
  • Cupid's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 311314174[12].
  • Cupid's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 25396366[13].
  • Cupid's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 195872793[14].
  • Cupid's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 6608151778230118130004[15].
  • Cupid's GND ID is recorded as 11850262X[16].
  • Cupid's GND ID is recorded as 118677500[17].
  • Cupid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2016006809[18].
  • Cupid's IdRef ID is recorded as 029532825[19].
  • Cupid's Commons category is recorded as Cupid[20].
  • Cupid's said to be the same as is recorded as Eros[21].
  • Cupid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rpf[22].
  • Cupid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cupid[23].
  • Cupid's has facility is recorded as Cupid's arrow[24].
  • Cupid's worshipped by is recorded as Roman mythology[25].
  • Cupid's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2011055082[26].
  • Cupid's KulturNav-ID is recorded as 2cac7c71-54ab-4b4a-90db-2fe8b2fac398[27].

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Origins and Family

Fathers listed include Mercury[3], a Roman deity[28] and Mars[4], a Roman deity[29]. Mothers listed include Venus[5], a Roman deity[30] and Diana[6], a Roman deity[31].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Cupid include polyamory[32], a lifestyle[33]; his bow[34]; he[35], a lost sculpture[36], founded in 1496[37]; and 1221 Amor[38], an asteroid[39].

Why It Matters

Cupid ranks in the top 8% of roman_deity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,616 views/month).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] He is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for him include polyamory[32], a lifestyle[33]; his bow[34]; he[35], a lost sculpture[36], founded in 1496[37]; and 1221 Amor[38], an asteroid[39].

FAQs

Who were Cupid's parents?

Cupid's father was Mercury[3]. Cupid's mother was Venus[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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