narcissist

Monday, July 18, 2005


The legend goes there once was a young man named Narcissus whose beauty caused everyone he met to fall in love with him. A nymph, Echo, fell in love with him but he ignored her, breaking her heart. Nemesis, the god of revenge and retribution, put a spell on Narcissus to make him fall in love with his own image in a pool of water, there he stayed mesmerized by his own reflection till he died, after which the gods turned him into a flower.

6 comments:

Ancient Poem said...

Yes, In its place was a lovely yellow-centered white flower, the narcissus.

I like the story.

K-Prime said...

and how much time have you spent looking in the mirror lately?

Anonymous said...

sounds like ALOT of people...

The Lazy Iguana said...

If I could claim that the god of revenge was my good personal friend - a lot fewer people would mess with me.

I could think up some really good ways to get even!

Anonymous said...

I would have liked to have met him.

digi said...

Thank god we have portable mirrors these days.