#Narcissus and Echo

[pigeon-princess]

As punishment for his cruel rejection of the nymph Echo, Nemesis cursed Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Unable to take his eyes away from the beautiful youth he did not recognise as himself, Narcissus stayed by the side of the water until he wasted away. 

I’ve been wanting to draw more mythology pieces for a while now! Here is my interpretation of Echo and Narcissus, a Roman myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

[inventoryshimmers]

[im-getting-help]

Can you imagine the pain, the heartbreak and the anger that Narcissus felt as he find out that the only person who ever captured his interest outside of his own reflection was one who repeated his words back to him?

[nemo-not-okay]

@yujiniani inspired me to create my own designs for Narcissus and Prometheus. Love them so much >:33

I hope to make more in the future

[elwinged]

to love what is mortal—

unknown / @theblob1958 - the longevity of life and love / @birthmarkmike - A SELECTION FROM THE PRIVATE WORKS OF THE SEAFARER. / Dove Cameron on Instagram / Ellen Bass - The Thing Is / @deheerkonijn & @roselightfairy - rebuild your seawall (brick by brick) / Herbert Mason - Gilgamesh / @hhimringsideblog - The House That Fingon Built / The Haunting of Hill House (2018) / @clothonono - The Diver / @judas-redeemed / Anne Michaels - I Dreamed Again / Julia Gorst / Louise Glück - The Triumph of Achilles / unknown / Fred Chappell - Narcissus and Echo

happiest of happy birthdays, darling xiaohai! i love you a lot❤️

[spineless-lobster]

I am never normal about Narcissus. I made a big ass Powerpoint about him...

Here it is:

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! Last year for history I did a project on the myth of narcissus and echo, which was super fun!!!!!

This is absolutely marvellous thank you!!!!!! I will never say no to people giving me greek myths in my inbox lmao

[tillxthexearthxstartsxtoxcrumble]

I wish I had a class where I was assigned to analyze the different versions of the same Greek myths and the messages behind each of them and the common themes. If I had the time to do that and I got graded for it do you guys even understand how much I would love that?

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 2 Poll LL

(Poppy and narcissus)

[brotherslayer]

Ovid's Metamorphoses: Narcissus and Echo

So may he himself love, and not gain the thing he loves!

[hier--soir]

thinking about echo being cursed by juno to not be able to speak unless she is repeating the last words that were spoken to her. thinking about narcissus telling her keep your arms from me! be off! i'll die before i yield to you! and echo, wilting under the weight of her shame, responding i yield to you. thinking about her left alone in those woods, only her voice and bones are left, for all to hear - alive, but just a sound. thinking about narcissus gazing at himself in that pool, and how that false face fools and fuels his delight, and you stretch your arms to me, and when i smile you smile, and when i weep, i've often seen your tears, and to my nod your nod replies, and your sweet lips appear to move in speech, though to my ears your answer cannot reach, oh, i am he. thinking about echo, nothing but a heartbroken sound now, surrounding him in his final moments. thinking about alas! the boy i loved in vain! thinking about narcissus bidding his reflection farewell, and echo responding farewell. thinking.

[mom-said-im-a-changeling]

Just had a great chat about what if Narcissus was a modern day social media influencer. He'd have so much fun with the filters on insta and clock app! Who else would have a blast now? Who would just...hate it? Could Echo work around her curse with text to speech or sign?

[transwrongs]

I had to find a single inspiration image for a story we’re converting to an audio/visual media. couldn’t find one that encapsulated enough of mood/tone I’m going for so I just made my own.

[zaireetoo-draws]

Some pictures for the a new Narcissus video I made! (:

if you want, you can watch it HERE

[airxiem]

I would rather die, than you should have me.

[haikuckuck]

Reflected in my daughters eye

Brown iris with bluesky and green grass and me with LUMIX

[spocks-kaathyra]

featuring my friend as fem harry