Talk:Narcissus (mythology)

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The first myth presented sounds suspiciously like the story of Psyche and Eros. Is someone here confusing them or was there really the confusion in Greece, too?--BlackGriffen

I agree, and I've never heard any indication of confusion from any other source. Here's a link to the Psyche Eros myth:

http://www.loggia.com/myth/psyche.html

and here's one to Narcissus:

http://www.loggia.com/myth/echo.html These seem to be consistent over all of the web sites I've checked. As "source material", the legend of Psyche and Eros is present inside Apuleius' The Golden Ass. -BD

I moved the legend over to Psyche -firepink

The flower paragraph? doesnt that belong on the Narcissus page rather that Narcissus (mythology)?

Jwestbrook 19:39, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Personally, I'm not sure the move is needed, but Stevertigo brought it to Requested Moves, so I figured it should be talked about here. There's bad links in Whatlinkshere from both of them (here and here), but Narcissus (disambiguation) makes a good case for moving both into their disambiguated versions, and making that the Narcissus page. What do other people think? -- nae'blis _(talk) 04:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I concur, and will do so promptly. —Nightstallion (?) 12:43, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Freud & Narcissism 2 hmm... 3 Extremely Big Penis? 4 A hotty? 5 Word Origins

[edit] Freud & Narcissism

It seems fairly odd to me that there is no mention of narcissism in the context of freudian theory in this article. Its a major psychoanalytic theory that has influenced contemporary thinking for the last century. Would anyone like to have a go at adding this? --81.157.78.181 04:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hmm...

This, a more archaic version than the one related by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, is a moral tale in which the proud and unfeeling Narcissus is punished by the gods for having spurned all his male suitors.

In this story, Ameinias, a young man, loved Narcissus but was scorned. To tell Ameinias off, Narcissus gave him a sword as a present. Ameinias used the sword to kill himself on Narcissus' doorstep and prayed to Nemesis that Narcissus would one day know the pain of unrequited love.

Are these two sentences meant to promote homosexuality? Because I find them rather disturbing. i got scammed 00:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Read up on Ancient Greece; they had rather different views on the subject. Personally I find it rather disturbing that you are so easily disturbed. Someone removed that part of the article, but I don't see why, so I put it back in, with additional sources. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Berry2K (talk • contribs) 23:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Extremely Big Penis?

Okay, I'm not sure about this one, but was this really in the Greek Mythology religion, or is this just vandelism? And even so, you could come up with better words than "extremely big".- Lord Lonic

[edit] A hotty?

In the "Ovid's Version" section, right after it says "As a result, Narcissus" the words "is a hotty" appear in the article. When I tried to edit that out, the phrase did not show up in the editor. It's still there after refreshing the page. What gives? 68.156.227.159 18:51, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Word Origins

The statement about the origin of the word "narcotic" is not precisely accurate. The relation is only indirect at best. The exact origin of "narcotic" is based on the english use of the root "narc-" which means pertaining to sleep. Therefore "narcotic" is simply a drug that induces sleep. This is also where we get "narcolepsy" from. Now it may be that we got "narc-" from the same greek word, in which case the statement is not necessarily incorrect - so I didn't remove it - but I just thought I'd point this out anyway. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.243.73.47 (talk) 04:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC).