#god of love

[evermore-grimoire]

The Evermore Grimoire: Greek Mythology

Eros (Ερως) was the god of erotic love in Greek mythology. He was also a minion and constant companion of the goddess Aphrodite (goddess of love). His role in myths is mostly complementary; he often appeared in the presence of Aphrodite and the other love gods and often acted as a catalyst for people to fall in love, but had little unique mythology of his own; the most major exception to that being the myth of Eros and Psyche (goddess of the soul), the story of how he met and fell in love with his wife. Aphrodite was jealous of Psyche and her beauty, as men were leaving her altars barren to worship a mere human woman instead. So she commanded Eros, to make Psyche fall in love with the ugliest creature on earth. But instead, he fell in love with her and spirited her away to his home. Their fragile peace was soon ruined by a visit from Psyche's jealous sisters, who caused her to betray the trust of her husband. Wounded, Eros left his wife, and Psyche wandered the Earth, looking for her lost love. Eventually, she approached Aphrodite and asked for her help. Aphrodite imposed a series of difficult tasks on Psyche, which she was able to achieve by means of supernatural assistance. After successfully completing these tasks, Aphrodite relented and Psyche became immortal and lived alongside Eros. Together they had a daughter named Hedone (goddess of pleasure).

artwork by Yliade

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[iamsofuckinggay]

Cupid wearing fur bc why not

#art #lol #my child <3 #bootiful #digital art #sillybunnyart #lovebird cupid #lovebirds #my art #digital drawing #oc art #oc #my oc art #god of love #god oc #god ocs #clip studio paint #bigender #stylish #wawawawawa #silly

[yeesiine]

#goddess #egyptian goddess #hathor goddess #ancient egypt #hathor #breastfeeding her son #god of love

[dramoor]

"The God of love is kneeling at our feet.

Though we betray Him, though it is the night.

He meets us here and loves us into light."

~Excerpt from a poem by Malcolm Guite

(Art: Gethsemane, by Julia Stankova)

#poetry #Christian #God of love #Lord Jesus Christ #betrayal #Gethsemane #He takes us from darkness into light #agape

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"If God is love, and if God is also omnipresent, then the Devil cannot exist.

If the Devil exists, God cannot be love and also be omnipresent. Yet, an omnipresent god of love and the Devil are both said to exist.

It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that there is something wrong here!"

The best way to convince people your god is fake is for you to describe him.

#religion #contradictory #omnipresent #god of love #god is love #self refuting #god is fake #the devil #religion is a mental illness

[morselmint]

Apollon and Amor (1891) - Ján Fadrusz

Gallery of City Bratislava (Galéria mesta Bratislavy,GMB) - Slovak Republic

#apollo #apollon #lord apollo #god of light #god of music #cupid #amor #god of love #hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #greek gods #statue #sculpture #morsel:orig #morsel:helpol #morsel:photo #greek mythology #helpol #apollo deity #hellenic polythiest

[kb9-ships-mistercriky]

mom and dad reunited with their lovely children (and in George's case, their fan #1!)

but their hug... eyes close, so abandoned, so much love, I'm dead!

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[alpaca-clouds]

Mythologic Geekery: Eros

Okay, so let me talk about the last god that shows up in Stray Gods. Eros. And talk about his background. Or... Well, what we have in terms of that.

Because here is the thing: Yeah, we do not know where he comes from. Basically, mythologies stemming from the Proto-Indo-European stuff, feature a lot of goddesses of love and sex, but... yeah, not a lot of gods. Male personifications of sex and lust usually tend to be characterized in a negative way when it comes to Indo-European comparative stuff.

Now, don't get me wrong: Eros, like most of the Greek Gods, got defanged during the medieval period and the early, when they kinda got included in literature and theatre. So, yes, Eros always had this lust aspect to him. Still, he is not as negatively framed as Asmondeus for example.

What makes him unique, really, is that he definitely has the love and sensuality aspect of sex in there. More passion, than just lust.

Okay, next thing about him: While he does seem to originate with the Hellenistic stuff, but in the earliest phase of it. Before Olympus was a thing yet, Eros was already there. Now, he does not go as far back as Pan (and Hermes), because he originates with Hellenistic Greece. But in the oldest stuff that we have written down, he is actually not a son to Aphrodite (obviously, given Aphrodite came to Greece much later), but he is one of the Primordials.

If you have played Hades, you probably know at least a bit about the Primordials. They were not the Titans, but primordial forces of the world. That is Chaos, Gaia (Earth), Tartarus (the abyss), Eros (desire) and Nyx (the night/darkness). Note that in some versions Eros is there from the beginning, in some other versions he is the son of Nyx. Nyx gives brith to a pleathora of other primordial forces, that are not yet gods or titans. Like Aether (Light), Dolos (Pain) and Thanatos (Death).

And those are quite interesting in some regard, because they are a very unique to the Greek mythology. Even within other Indo-European mythologies, we do not have these primordials as this first thing that comes to the world. Usually... it is more orderly.

So, there might be a chance, that this is something left over from the people living in Greece prior to contact with the Indo-European mythology.

#stray gods #eros god #cupid #primordial gods #hades game #god of love #greek gods #greek mythology #mythologic geekery

[evermore-grimoire]

The Evermore Grimoire: Roman Mythology

Cupid (Cupīdō, meaning ‘passionate desire’) is the god of erotic love, desire, attraction and affection in Roman mythology. He was either depicted as a handsome and a slender winged pre-teen youth or as a chubby winged baby. Just like his Greek counterpart Eros, his bow and arrow, is the source of his powers: a person or even a deity who was shot by Cupid's arrow would be filled with an uncontrollable desire and passion for the first person they saw. In contemporary popular culture, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine's Day.

artwork by Cynthia Lorenzon

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[iamsofuckinggay]

I made a Cupid revisitaton as an OC :)

This is only the first desing,I migth add something in the future

ASKS ABOUT THEM ARE VERY WELCOME!!!!

Ramble under the cut 👇

They're two beings in one but they're the divine rapresentesion of soulmates so they have some sort of shared mind and never are in disaccord and always know what the other thinks

Basically they're somewhat bird antrophomorphic becouse of the world "lovebirds" and becouse borsa are known tò have complicated and very romantic couple rituals

They're able tò physically separate but they dont often as without the other they're imperfect,since they will have two arms on only one side of the torso each and only one leg each

This is inspired by a greek legend where humans where initially beings with four legs four arms and two heads but the gods separated them becouse they feared them,resulting in humans spending they're lifetime tò find they're other half

But since they're the divine rapresentesion of love,they cant live far from one another and function like humans do

One head is sad and it rapresentes the delusion and toxicity love can have,while the happy one rapresent the happines that comes from it

They manipulated the other gods in falling in love with eachother so they would beg for they're advice and archieve control,but the other gods acknowleged and broke they're Cupid bow

The fact that the bow is broken is the reason mist of the people cant find their soulmate and often end up in toxic relationships,since cupid can no more guide them

#art #lol #my child <3 #bootiful #digital art #sillybunnyart #cupid #oc art #oc #biblically accurate angel #silly cupid #god #love #god of love #lovebird cupid

[arx7]

I had a dream where I wanted to put out the candle which was my Aphrodite and Ares candle, and I couldn’t put it out. Weird dream, I dunno what to think about it :^^

#aphrodite #deity ares #hellenic polytheism #hellenism #ares god of war #god of love #greek gods #greek mythology #self love #love #my thoughts

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

God's Love & Justice Because nothing says just and loving like sending babies straight to Heaven, after mercilessly butchering them and their mothers, and letting their virgin sisters live, so they could be 'married' by their killers.

Numbers: 31:1-18

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian. Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

#christianity #judaism #bible #bible study #god of war #god's love #god's justice #god is love #god of love #bible horrors #book of horrors #religion of war #religion of violence #religious violence #religion #religion is a mental illness

[our-exetale-oficial]

The god of Love has invited you to join him in his private baths, will you accept his invite?

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[childoftheriver]

This beautiful man.

#greg lake #blond boy #that crooked smile #oof #His gorgeous profile #like a roman god #Apollo #god of love #I always wondered if he had any Italian in him or if it was just some long ago Roman ancestor #elp #emerson lake and palmer #emerson lake & palmer #emerson lake palmer #a greg a day (or two or more)

[onyxalsolikesart]

feeling uninspired lately 15/01/2023

i need to figure his face out and how to draw him the same every time!! and i need to draw more expressions! and poses! and outfits! he can't just 😐 all the time. tag me or send me expression/pose/hairstyle meme sheets you'd like to see him in, i can't choose 🧍‍♂️

#onyx's art #my art #my oc #my cupid oc #cupid oc #cupid #god of love