As it turns out, Cupid was the ancient Roman god of love and counterpart to the Greek god Eros. According to mythology, Cupid was one of the sons of Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, and Venus, the goddess of love. He was often portrayed as a baby with wings carrying a bow and arrow. But most forget about cupid’s younger half-brother Chickid?  That the real Greek Tragedy.

It is said that in Homer’s ‘The Iliad-Part Duex’ Cupid’s step-brother, Chickid, (offspring from when Mercury was a poultry farmer) used him as revenge on the young Spartan King, Lionitis (of whose smile he hated), only to have his plans backfire and end up making Cupid fall in love with Lionitis. It’s a long and sorted tale played out in many a Greek amphitheater. But alas, one day Lionitis snuck a peek under Cupid’s toga. As punishment, he left him.

Thus, Chickid reckoned, Lionitis would struggle to find love. Chickid would monitor  the young Spartan King, Lionitis and when his roaming eye landed on an interest, Chickid would use his lemon dipped arrows, a sour tipped love stick, to turn love away from Lionitis.

Over the centuries, Cupid’s story has morphed, absorbing Chickid’s story, and Hallmark has perpetuated this misnomer. There is no good reason that Cupid is the icon of Valentine’s day when you know the facts.

Using our socially conscience wokeness, we believe that Cupid should be cancelled and Chickid’s image used instead for Valentine’s Day.

 

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