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Venus, a character from the Nintendo video game Earthbound; Venus, one of the three main characters from We Know the Devil; Venus McFlytrap, the daughter of the Venus flytrap, from Monster High; Sailor Venus, the superhero persona of Minako Aino, a character from Sailor Moon and the main protagonist of Codename: Sailor V; Venus, in Unico
Ovid's Fasti, Book 4, invokes Venus not by name but as "Mother of the Twin Loves", the gemini amores. [z] "Amor" is the Latin name preferred by Roman poets and literati for the personification of "kindly" love. Where Cupid (lust) can be imperious, cruel, prone to mischief or even war-like, Amor softly persuades.
Afroditi (name) Agariste; Agnes (name) Alexandra; Alexia (given name) Aliki (name) Alina; Amalia (given name) Amaryllis (given name) Anastasia; Angeliki; Angelina (given name) Anna (name) Antonia (name) Arete (disambiguation) Ariadne (given name) Athena (given name)
"Venus" is a song by Dutch rock band Shocking Blue, released as a single in the Netherlands in the summer of 1969. Written by Robbie van Leeuwen , the song topped the charts in nine countries. [ 5 ]
In classical mythology, Cupid / ˈ k j uː p ɪ d / (Latin: Cupīdō [kʊˈpiːdoː], meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection.He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars.
Melissa became a popular name in the United States during the 1950s. The name was very popular from the 1960s to the 1990s; today Melissa is a relatively uncommon baby name. In 2010, fewer than 2,500 girls were given the name, compared with around 10,000 in 1993 and well over 30,000 at the name's peak popularity in 1979. [17]
Serena Williams announced she was pregnant with her first child back in April and now we may know the sex of the baby she is expecting.
The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name even though Eros and Aphrodite are called by their Latin names (Cupid and Venus). Also, Cupid is depicted as a young adult, rather than a fat winged child (putto amorino). [28] The story tells of the quest for love and trust between Eros and Psyche.