Narcissus, a youth and very handsome, charming boy for whom the nymphs of the river and mountain, the women of forest and desserts were longing to have, many of the women and nymphs confessed their love to narcissus but the youth narcissus on admired and being loved by so many women developed a strange feeling of pride to himself and insulted every women who proposed him thinking that they aren't beautiful enough to be with him.One day a great nymph on seeing her fellow nymphs sacrificing and dying for the love of narcissus in anger cursed The youth narcissus that he will have the same fate as the nymphs he'll love someone very badly and die with the pain of not having loved back.Some days after while the narcissus was travelling through a beautiful forest he came across a lake which with water like silver, to which the shepherds never drove their flocks, nor the mountain goats resorted, nor any of the beasts of the forests; neither was it defaced with fallen leaves or branches, but the grass grew fresh around it, and the rocks sheltered it from the sun. The boy narcissus fatigued with hunting, heated and thirsty.
The boy knelt to drink some water and saw his own image in the water; he thought it was some beautiful water-spirit living in the river. He stood gazing with admiration at those bright eyes, those locks curled like the locks of Bacchus or Apollo, the rounded cheeks, the ivory neck, the parted lips, and the glow of health and exercise over all. He fell in love with himself. He brought his lips near to take a kiss; he plunged his arms in to embrace the beloved object. It fled at the touch, but returned again after a moment and renewed the fascination.The boy totally fell in love with himself without knowing it was his own reflection, he was gazing at his reflection for days and a day he tried to get closer to the reflection inside the lake and lost his balance and fell inside the river and was never seen again after that day.
At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus. But this was not how the author of the book ended the story. He said that when Narcissus died, the goddesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears. “Why do you weep?” the goddesses asked. “I weep for Narcissus,” the lake replied. “Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus,” they said, “for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand.” “But...was Narcissus beautiful?” the lake asked. “Who better than you to know that?” the goddesses said in wonder. “After all, it was by your banks that he knelt and fell in love with himself!” The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: “I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.” Epilogue: The word narcism was termed after the character narcissus for his self obsession and self pride. The story of Narcissus and the lake teach us one thing to love and spread love throughout the world and fill the world with so much love so, you get it back like ripples of waves and never be self obsessed to one's pride and one's beauty and knowledge because it was all give by the god of the nature it was not yours alone. And the character of the river and narcissus explain here the consequences of loving and knowing oneself and recognising and understanding oneself and acknowledge that how beautiful is he/she and one more thing that contemplate oneself so that they become a symbol of beauty and a flower and blossom through their life
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