Many people don't know what or how people fall in love. The answer lies in Eros or Cupid, the god of love in Greek mythology. Mythology is a group of stories that explain a natural phenomenon or something in life. The purpose of mythology is to affirm life's problems and have a way to connect everyone to the past. In Greek mythology, Eros or Cupid was the reason for love. Eros/Cupid explains how people fall in love or even how it happens. Eros/Cupid is the god of love, passion and sexual desire. He is the son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Aries, the god of war. He married Psyche and had children Volupta and Nyx. Eros/Cupid has many powers. It has the power to bring love to both gods and mortals. He also has the power to shoot arrows of love and hate. His arrows of love were gold with dove feathers and his arrows of hate were made of lead with owl feathers. Eros/Cupid appears to be a small, naked, winged boy. He was also seen as a grown man, because there was a curse that Aphrodite's second son would make Eros/Cupid older. He was also blindfolded because they believed that love was blind. Eros/Cupid was believed to be born from a silver egg. It is honored on January 22 for Eros Day. Unlike other gods and goddesses, Eros has a whimsical history. The story is called Eros/Cupid and Psyche. It all began one day when Aphrodite got angry with Psyche. She goes to ask her son Eros to make her fall in love with an ugly creature. He arranged for Psyche to be abandoned by her parents on the top of a hill. But when Eros sees Psyche, he falls in love with her but tells her not to see his face. Eros visits her only at night. Psyche is told that Eros is a monster. He listens to them and goes to Cupid. She lights a candle to see his face and realizes that he is a handsome man. But she gets scared and drops boiling oil on his shoulders. Eros wakes up and gets angry. Then he gets up and flies away. Psyche then prayed to each god to give Eros