Mythology - Greek - Narcissus

Narcissus was a Thespian hunter from Boeotia who was considered among the most beautiful of all people. However, his beauty made him selfish and he rejected everyone who fell in love with him as not worthy of him. A nymph named Echo, who had been cursed to only repeat the last few words that another person said, fell in love with Narcissus and attempted to approach him. He rejected her, as well. In her grief, her physical form faded away, leaving only her voice to forever repeat others. Narcissus, however, while trying to drink from a pool of clear water, fell in love with his own reflection. He stayed in that one place, withering away until the gods transformed him into the Narcissus flower, the daffodil.