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Wer Verwünscht Narziss?
Echo verging vor Liebeskummer, bis sie gar keinen Leib mehr hatte und nur noch aus Schall bestand, so wie wir das Echo noch immer kennen. Einer von denen, die Narziss verschmäht hatte, verwünschte ihn, indem er die Götter anrief, sie möchten ihm dasselbe antun, was er gerade selbst erfahren hatte.
Was war Echo für eine Nymphe?
Echo ist der Name einer mädchenhaften Nymphe in der altgriechischen Literatur. Einen prominenten Platz hat sie z.B. in der Geschichte vom Jüngling Narziss. Echo wurde für ihre Geschwätzigkeit bestraft: Sie konnte nur noch widerhallen, was an sie herangetragen wurde – und Narziss ihre Liebe nicht gestehen.
What happened to echo after Narcissus rejected her?
Finally Echo appeared and tried to hold Narcissus. Narcissus rejected her and Echo ran to hide. Her body then wasted away while she pined for him. She is now forever hiding amongst the leaves and caves in the forest. Her body is gone but her bones became rocks and her voice remains and can be heard in mountain valleys and in caves.
What is echoism derived from narcissism?
Just as narcissism is derived from Narcissus, so is “ Echoism ” derived from Echo. Coined by psychoanalyst Dean Davis and popularized by psychologist Dr. Craig Malkin, Echoism is the polar opposite of narcissism. Echoists are extreme codependent people-pleasers.
Is Echo and Narcissus Greek or Roman names?
Though Ovid uses the Roman names for the gods, I’ll be using the Greek names. Echo and Narcissus represent two extremes of the human personality. Echo is all for other people, to the detriment of herself, and Narcissus is all for himself, to the detriment of others…and of himself.
Was Narcissus in love with himself?
„Narcissus was a man who was so in love with himself that he fell in love with his own reflection. No one else was good enough for him. He stared into the pool, and eventually wasted away.“ But that’s not the whole story.