Which god fell in love with himself after seeing his own reflection in the water??

Question

plzz helP!! i dont knwo the god or person.. its from greek mythology.. PLZ HELP!!!

Answer 1

Narcissus! That's why when someone is overly vain you call them narcissistic.

Answer 2

It was Nacissus. He is the one that fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.
Although I am not sure he was actually in fact a god. His father was a river god Cephisus and the nymph Liriope.

However another story goes is that he had a twin sister who he was in love with and his relection reminded him of her. And because he could not obtain the love he sought, which was either his sister or his reflection he died of sorrow.

The nymphs are said to have mourned this and when the went to prepare his body for a funeral a single flower of the same name was there instead.

Answer 3

The wonderful Wikipedia says:

In Greek mythology, Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek: Νάρκισσος), was a hero of the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty. Several versions of his myth have survived: Ovid's, from his Metamorphoses; Pausanias', from his Guide to Greece, (9.31.7); and one found among the Oxyrhynchus papyri.

Pausanias locates the spring of Narcissus at Donacon 'Reed-bed' in the territory of the Thespians. Pausanias finds it incredible that someone couldn't 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.

As Pausanias also notes, yet another tale is that the narcissus flower was created to entice Demeter's daughter Persephone away from her companions to enable Hades to abduct her.

There is an older version than the one related by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, which is a moral tale in which the proud and unfeeling Narcissus is punished by the gods for having spurned all his male suitors. It's thought to have been meant as a cautionary tale addressed to adolescent boys. Until recently, the only source for this version was a segment in Pausanias (9.31.7), about 150 years after Ovid. However, a very similar account was discovered among the Oxyrhynchus papyri in 2004, an account that predates Ovid's version by at least fifty years.

In this story, Ameinias, a young man, loved Narcissus but was scorned. To tell Ameinias off, Narcissus gave him a sword as a present. Ameinias used the sword to kill himself on Narcissus' doorstep and prayed to Nemesis that Narcissus would one day know the pain of unrequited love. This curse was fulfilled when Narcissus became entranced by his reflection in the pool and tried to seduce the beautiful boy, not realizing it was himself he was looking at. He only realised it was his reflection after trying to kiss it. Completing the symmetry of the tale, Narcissus takes his sword and kills himself from sorrow. His corpse then turned into a flower. [1]

Narcissus died because he could only love his image at the expense of himself.

Answer 4

Narcissus

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Narcissus

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Which god fell in love with himself after seeing his own reflection in the water??
plzz helP!! i dont knwo the god or person.. its from greek mythology.. PLZ HELP!!!

Answer 7

I don't know. Could it possibly have been Narcissus? With all the Narcissuses jumping in here with identical answers, you'd never know! Sounds almost like an Echo chamber...

Answer 8

Narcissus, and also i believe he was turned into a tree which is called the weeping willow, that is known for locations near water.

Answer 9

Narcissus, and truth be told he actually wasn't a God he was just a normal guy. Echo is the woman who loved him, but couldn't tell him!

Answer 10

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Narcissus Roman version In the tale told by Ovid, thought to have been based on Parthenius' version but altered in order to broaden its appeal,[4] Echo, a nymph, falls in love with a vain youth named Narcissus, who was the son of the blue Nymph Liriope of Thespia. The river god Cephisus had once encircled Liriope with the windings of his streams, and thus trapping her, had seduced the nymph, who gave birth to an exceptionally beautiful boy. Concerned about the welfare of such a beautiful child, Lirope consulted the prophet Tiresias regarding her son's future. Tiresias told the nymph that Narcissus would live to a ripe old age, "if he didn't come to know himself." When he had reached "his sixteenth year", (fifteen years of age, by modern reckoning) every youth and girl in the town was in love with him, but he haughtily spurned them all. One day when Narcissus was out hunting stags, Echo stealthily followed the handsome youth through the woods, longing to address him but unable to speak first. When Narcissus finally heard footsteps and shouted "Who's there?", Echo answered "Who's there?" And so it went, until finally Echo showed herself and rushed to embrace the lovely youth. He pulled away from the nymph and vainly told her to leave him alone. Narcissus left Echo heartbroken and she spent the rest of her life in lonely glens, pining away for the love she never knew, until only her voice remained. Nemesis heard this prayer and sent Narcissus his punishment. He came across a deep pool in a forest, from which he took a drink. As he did, he saw his reflection for the first time in his life and fell in love with the beautiful boy he was looking at, not realizing it was himself. Eventually, after pining away for a while, he realized that the image he saw in the pool was a reflection of himself. Realizing that he could not act upon this love, he tore at his dress and beat at his body, his life force draining out of him. As he died, the bodyless Echo came upon him and felt sorrow and pity. His soul was sent to "the darkest hell" and the narcissus flower grew where he died. It is said that Narcissus still keeps gazing on his image in the waters of the river Styx.[4]