Cupid
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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].