Narcissus
Reflection's fatal admirer
Narcissus is a figure from Greek mythology, a beautiful youth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool and wasted away gazing at it.
His name gives us narcissism and narcissist—terms for excessive self-love and those who exhibit it.
The story serves as a cautionary tale about vanity: He stared at his phone screen like Narcissus at the pool. (Lowercase narcissus is the flower.)
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- NemesisGreek deity of vengeance
- OvidAncient Roman poet
- MetamorphosesStories of radical change
- GreekOf Athenian origin
nymph · Tiresias · prophecy · pool · reflection · transformation · flower · hubris
Self-obsessed person
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
self-absorption · conceit · ego · pride · arrogance · hubris · self-obsession · grandiosity
Echo
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- NemesisGreek deity of vengeance
- OvidAncient Roman poet
- MetamorphosesStories of radical change
Greek · nymph · Tiresias · prophecy · pool · reflection · transformation · flower · hubris · punishment
narcissist
Self-obsessed person
- self-lovePrioritizing your own worth
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
self-admiration · self-absorption · conceit · ego · pride · arrogance · hubris · self-obsession · grandiosity · entitlement
- CaravaggioBacchus, Medusa
- Classical MythologyZeus, Apollo, Venus, Athena, Aphrodite
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- cautionary talesIcarus, Prometheus, Faust, Dr. Faustus, Pandora
NarcissusMother Teresa
Canonized Albanian missionary
altruist · philanthropist · Echo · empath · caregiver
Narcissushumble
Unassuming about oneself
modest · self-effacing · unassuming · meek · humble servant
Narcissusmartyr
Victim for beliefs
Jesus Christ · self-sacrificing · Prometheus · altruistic · self-denying
- narcissistic personality disorderMental illness featuring grandiosity, entitlement
- malignant narcissismPathological self-love with cruelty
- narcissistic rageAnger when self-image challenged