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Mini Myth: Echo, Echo, Echo... & Narcissus

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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The Curse of Love

The story is about a woman who falls in love with the most beautiful man she has ever seen. He rejects her, doesn't give her a chance at all, and she's bummed out. The goddess Nemesis sees this guy being a real dick to a woman who was really just being honest about her admittedly kind of obsessive feelings. She leads him to a nearby pond, and he spots his reflection in the water. This man's name was Narcissus, and he was the first Narcissist. Funny enough, the flower doesn't come from his name, but mainly it happened to be named after a narcissist? I don't know what that means.

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