Aphrodite, Cupid’s Mother

February 10, 2013 — 17 Comments

Aphrodite

The Greek goddess Aphrodite was born from the sea near Cyprus.  Some claim she had parents (Zeus and Dione), others say she sprouted up in the vicinity of  the severed genitals of the Titan sky god Uranus. She walked ashore where she encountered the seasons who were beautiful, but had nothing to compare with the loveliness of Aphrodite. She was taken to meet Zeus at Mt Olympus who recognized her striking beauty and the power she wielded with it.  He insisted that she marry immediately, and arranged a marriage to his son Hephaestus, blacksmith of the gods. He made her jewelry and even a fabulous girdle that made her even more desirable.  She was pure attraction and her husband was busy making all the weapons for the gods, so she had several affairs with gods and mortals.

The Olympian gods took power from the Titan gods. Kronos, the son of Gaia and Uranus (Titans) removed his father’s genitals at his mother’s request and threw them into the sea. The ambiguity about the birth circumstances ( Did she spring up on the scallop shell as an (un?)intended consequence of the disposal of Uranus’ genitals ?) cloud her relationship to the gods of Mt. Olympus. Her full-time job is love, desire, and the attraction that draws people together.  This naturally lead her to attract Ares, the god of war, to her bed.  She had many children, but none with Hephaestus.  Her most well-known child is Eros, also known as Cupid. He too has parentage issues, but some say he is the son of Ares. It reminds me of all those WWII movies in which they are at war, so they fall in love.

Get your red dress out for Valentine’s Day , but give a nod to the mother of all desire.  Consider wearing  some very sexy sea foam green panties as your foundation.