Narcissus Greek Mythology Symbol. The myth tells that narcissus was wondering in the woods when the mountain nymph echo became captivated by his good looks and fell in love with him. One day while he was hunting in the woods the oread nymph echo spotted him and immediately fell for him.
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Narcissus was pretty full of himself because he had been given the gift of great beauty by the gods. Greek mythology is known to associate the myths with nature and the flower narcissus would be a reminder of the fate of the beautiful man. According to the story narcissus was the beautiful yet vain son of the nymph leriope and cephissus god of the river.
Interestingly greek mythology looks at the narcissus flower as a symbol of unreturned love vanity egoism and narcissism.
Narcissus in greek mythology narcissus was a handsome youth from the city of thespiae in boeotia and was generally considered to be the son of the potamoi cephissus and the oceanid liriope although occasionally narcissus was named as the son of endymion and selene. Narcissus also had to do with the creation of echoes as we know them nowadays due to his encounter with the nymph echo. Narcissus was an extraordinarily handsome yet cold and vain youth from boeotia greece. He was a very beautiful young man and many fell in love with him.
