Who is Narcissus? Why did he waste away from unsatisfied desires?

There are several stories





A beautiful young man who fell hopelessly in love with his image in a pond as a punishment from the goddess Nemesis for rejecting the nymph Echo. Narcissus faded away as he sat there watching himself, and was turned into the flower of the same name.





Another version tells us that he killed himself when he realized that touching his image only blurred it.





Pausanias locates the spring of Narcissus at Donacon 'Reed-bed' in the territory of the Thespians. Pausanias finds it incredible that someone could not distinguish a reflection from a real person, and cites a less known variant in which Narcissus had a twin sister. Both dressed similarly and hunted together. Narcissus fell in love with her. When she died, Narcissus pined after her and pretended that the reflection he saw in the water was his sister.





There is another tale that tells the story of the beautiful nymph Echo. She was a woman who loved gossip and could not keep her mouth shut, and this was a dangerous combination with the employment of her as distraction for Hera while Zeus cheated on her. Having found out about his affairs, Hera was thoroughly distraught and punished Echo by only allowing her to repeat the last words of whatever sentence someone spoke.





Upon meeting the beautiful Narcissus, she fell in love with him and did everything she could to show her love for him. However, Narcissus was unimpressed and rebuffed her affections, which sent her running back into the woods. Narcissus then came into the woods asking if anyone was there. He said, "Is anyone here?" then Echo said, "Here, here!" Then Narcissus said," Come show yourself!" then Echo said, "Come!" to Narcissus and Narcissus said, "I give you no power over me!" and turned around. Echo said, " I give you power over me." but Narcissus was already gone. Echo prayed a prayer, "May he who loves no one love himself." Narcissus went to go find water and when knelt over the lake he saw his reflection and realized all the pain he had put these women through because he had finally realized how beautiful he was. He knelt over the water and dove in, purposefully killing himself. As he was falling he said, "Farewell, farewell." It was only then that Echo could say farewell. The nymphs found a beautiful flower where his body should have been, and named the flower Narcissus after him





Being narcissistic means being egotistical or self centered.

Who is Narcissus? Why did he waste away from unsatisfied desires?
uhh a greek god..i think he (he was really concieted)
Reply:Narcissus in Greek myth is a beautiful Greek boy who finds himself so attractive, he falls in love with his own reflection.

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