Zoroaster (zoro, ‘‘seed of’’ and aster or ‘‘ashteroth’’) Aletheia Archives; The Bookshelf February 1994; Vol. 2, No. 2 Biblically, Cupid was the same tradition as Nimrod (Gen 10:8), the mighty hunter; Baal (Num 22:41), the ‘‘Winged One;’’ Tammuz (Ez 8:14), and ‘‘Ishtar,’’ was the mother of Tammuz." In Rome, this tradition