[Cupid complaining to Venus]Cupid Complaining to VenusCranach, Lucas, 1472-1553Asian Studies CenterJournal of South Asian Literature
In the tale of Cupid the honey thief, the child-god is stung by bees when he steals honey from their hive. He cries and runs to his mother Venus,[24]complaining that so small a creature shouldn’t cause such painful wounds. Venus laughs, and points out the poetic justice: he too is...