The story of the man who fell in love with his own reflection is called In Love With His Own Reflection.
In Greek mythology, the hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia was known for his beauty.He fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water after rejecting all romantic advances.A flower bearing his name sprouted in his place after he died.
The origin of the term narcissism can be found in the character of Narcissus.A condition marked by grandiosity, excessive need for admiration, and an inability to empathise is called narcissistic personality disorder.
The etymology of the name is Greek.According to R. S. P. Beekes, the suffixes clearly point to a Pre-Greek word.There is no clear connection between the myth of the daffodil and the word narcissus, which has come to be used for the flower.The plant was named for its scent, not the youth, as was written by the Elder.
Nonnus has him as the son of the moon goddess Selene and her lover Endymion, but in some versions he is the god of Cephissus and Liriope.[4]
There are several versions of the myth.The book 3 of his Metamorphoses contains the classic version by Ovid.This is the story of two people.The seer Tiresias told Liriope that the boy would live a long life if he never found himself.One day, an Oread (mountain nymph) saw Narcissus and fell in love with him.He shouted "Who's there?" when he realized he was being followed."Who's there?" echo repeated.She tried to embrace him after she revealed her identity.He told her to leave him alone.She spent the rest of her life in lonely glens, until she heard an echo sound.The goddess of revenge, Aphrodite, noticed this behavior after learning the story and decided to punish Narcissus.He was getting thirsty after hunting and the goddess lured him to a pool where he leaned upon the water and saw himself in the bloom of youth.As if it were someone else, Narcissus fell in love with it.He realized that his love could not be reciprocated and he melted away from the fire of passion burning inside him, eventually turning into a gold and white flower.[6]
An earlier version of the poet Parthenius of Nicaea, composed around 50 BC, was discovered in 2004 by Dr Benjamin Henry.It ended with a man who lost his will to live committing suicide.A version by Conon ends in suicide.A young man named Ameinias fell in love with a woman named Narcissus.He was given a sword by Narcissus.Ameinias committed suicide.He asked the gods to give him a lesson for all the pain he caused.A man by a pool of water decided to drink some.He killed himself because he couldn't have his object of desire.A novel variant of the story was recorded by the travel writer Pausanias.His body disappears and the narcissus flower is the only thing left.
The story of Narcissus gave rise to the term "narcissism", a fixation upon oneself and one's physical appearance or public perception.The term "narcissus-like" was used by an English sexologist in 1898.Paul Ncke was the first person to use the term "narcissism" in a study.Otto Rank published the first paper on the topic of narcissism in 1911.Sigmund Freud published a paper on narcissism in 1914.[15]
The myth of Narcissus has inspired artists for at least two thousand years, even before the Roman poet Ovid included a version in book III of his Metamorphoses.This was followed by other poets.The painters include Alfred Edward Housman and Caravaggio.
The character of Mathilde in Stendhal's novel Le Rouge et le Noir is a classic narcissist.Prince Korasoff said that he loved his beloved girl.
She has allowed herself in your favor, she has seen in you the hero of her dreams, and not you as you really are.
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray was the only novel that had an influence on English Victorian homoerotic culture.
The book brought by the person in the caravan was the source of the story about Narcissus in The Alchemist.Hesketh Pearson's The Life of Oscar Wilde is believed to be the source of the story.Wilde's "Poems in Prose (Wilde)" is the basis of this version of the Narcissus story.
The author and poet visited the character and symbolism of Narcissus in several of his poems.
The poem "Personal Helicon" is from the first collection of "Death of a Naturalist".
In the third book of Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series, Narcissus is a minor villain.
The character of "Narcissa" in Sanctuary was named after Narcissus.She allowed the pressures of high-class society to overrule the love she should have for her brother.
The mythical character of "Narcissus and Goldmund" is based on his intelligence rather than his beauty.
The poem "Look not in my Eyes" was written by A. E. Housman and is set to music by several English composers.The jonquil, a variety of daffodil, is at the end of the poem.
In his novel "Moby-Dick," Herman Melville refers to the myth of Narcissus as "the key to it all" as he describes the theme of finding the essence of Truth through the physical world.
The title character of A Fada Oriana is punished with mortality for abandoning her duties in order to stare at herself in the river.
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' is a novel by Joseph Conrad.There are themes of self-interest vs. altruism and humanitarianism explored in an incident involving the ship and difficult decisions made by the crew.
Narcissus is a character in Naomi Iizuka's play Polaroid Stories, a contemporary rewrite of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.He is portrayed in the play as a drug addicted young man who was raised on the streets.He is mentioned as a member of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Intersex community and mentions his sexual escapades with older men who died of drug overdoses.He is accompanied by a character named Echo.
In the TV series, a condescending intellectual is introduced to Dr. Narcisse.
Norman McLaren finished his career with a short film called Narcissus, a re-telling of the Greek legend through ballet.
There is a Disney adaptation of Hercules.He is portrayed as an Olympian god in the film.
An ancient prince who sat by a pond for days after days and looked at his own soul was portrayed in the film Bab'Aziz by Nacer Khemir.He was referred to as the prince who contemplated his soul.
Nicolas Winding Refn made a psychological horror film called The Neon Demon.
The host club in the Japanese drama Todome no Kiss is called Narcissus.The lead character, Otaro Dojima, works in the nightclub as a sought-after host under the stage name Eight and just like Narcissus, he uses women for money and power.
Caravaggio is one of the most well-known painters of Narcissus.
Henri-Léon Gréber and Benvenuto Cellini are two of the sculptors who have sculpted Narcissus.[21]