Narcissus is the origin of the term narcissism, a fixation with oneself.

This is the story of Narcissus and Echo.

Hermann Hesse's character " Narcissus " in " Narcissus and Goldmund " shares several of mythycal narcissus ' traits, although his narcissism is based on his intellect rather than his physical beauty.

Pink Narcissus is an artistic film by James Bidgood about the fantasies of a hustler.

The escape craft Ripley boards in the 1979 Ridley Scott film Alien is called the Narcissus.

In the 2011 film Seeing Heaven, Narcissus is depicted in a painting-the character of the film also replicates the myth of Narcissus gazing at his own reflection.

The film is heavily based around the main character ( Paul ) and the theme surrounding him is loosely based around the myth of Narcissus, as all who look at Paul are transfixed by his beauty-just as all those who gazed upon Narcissus were transifixed with his beauty.

1972 ), a near-23-minute epic song laden with religious and mythological imagery, refers to the myth of Narcissus as follows: A young figure sits still by the pool / He's been stamped " Human Bacon " by some butchery tool / ( He is you ) / Social Security took care of this lad.

/ We watch in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower.

In 1897, Joseph Conrad penned a novella titled The Nigger of the Narcissus, whose titular character, James Wait, is a West Indian black sailor on board the merchant ship Narcissus sailing from Bombay to London.

The legend is retold in Cephalus and Procris ; Narcissus, a 1595 poem by Thomas Edwards.

Often when his name is attached to a mythic prophecy, it is introduced simply to supply a personality to the generic example of a seer, not by any inherent connection of Tiresias with the myth: thus it is Tiresias who tells Amphytrion of Zeus and Alcmena and warns the mother of Narcissus that the boy will thrive as long as he never knows himself.

An unusual sculpture is the ancient Roman statue of Narcissus restored by Valerio Cioli c1564 with plaster.

Narcissus () ( commonly called daffodil ) is a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, herbaceous perennials in the Amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.

All Narcissus species have a central bell -, bowl -, or disc-shaped corona surrounded by a ring of six floral leaves called the perianth which is united into a tube at the forward edge of the 3-locular ovary.

The Narcissus flower is perceived in the West as a symbol of vanity, in the East as a symbol of wealth and good fortune.

The Narcissus is a national flower symbolising the new year or Newroz in the Kurdish culture.

The most popular version of the Echo / Narcissus story depicts that Narcissus later came to a still pool, and caught sight of his own reflection.

His first work, a clever and original volume of poems, entitled Streckverse ( Heidelberg, 1823 ), was followed in 1824-1825 by a popular Geschichte der Deutschen in three volumes and in 1829 and 1830 by Rubezahl and Narcissus, the dramatized fairy-stories upon which his reputation as a poet chiefly rests.

But Ericson's ( 1997 ) translations and analysis of the immensely popular Hōrōki and Suisen ( Narcissus ) suggest that Hayashi's appeal is rooted in the clarity with which she conveys the humanity not just of women, but also others on the underside of Japanese society.

Tugboat Annie was the subject of a series of Saturday Evening Post magazine stories featuring the character of a female captain of the tugboat Narcissus in Puget Sound, later featured in the films Tugboat Annie ( 1933 ), Tugboat Annie Sails Again ( 1940 ) and Captain Tugboat Annie ( 1945 ).

A special mention should be made of Narcissus ( daffodils and narcissi ), cultivated in various parts of the world as an ornamental in gardens and as a cut flower.

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Again, several plant groups currently still recognized can be traced back to Theophrastus, such as Cornus, Crocus, and Narcissus.

In both versions, the Narcissus plant sprang from where he died.

The ancient Greeks believed the narcissus plant originated from the vain youth, Narcissus.

The color takes its name from a species of plant, Narcissus jonquilla, which has clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers, and is native to the Mediterranean.

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The freedmen could also officially speak for the Emperor, as when Narcissus addressed the troops in Claudius ' stead before the conquest of Britain.

" For Nikepharos, son of Synetos, Lakedaimonian, and for Narcissus the secutor.

Narcissus or Narkissos (), possibly derived from ναρκη ( narke ) meaning " sleep, numbness ," in Greek mythology was a hunter from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia who was renowned for his beauty.

Тhe myth of Narcissus has inspired artists for at least two thousand years, even before the Roman poet Ovid featured a version in book III of his Metamorphoses.

In the film Bab ' Aziz, directed by Nacer Khemir, a Narcissus like character was portrayed by an ancient prince who sat by a pond for days after days and looked at the reflection of his own soul.

In 1994, composer Mark Applebaum composed Narcissus: Strata / Panacea for marimba solo.

She composed Narcissus for flute and digital delay.

Memorable films from post-war England include David Lean's Great Expectations ( 1946 ) and Oliver Twist ( 1948 ), Carol Reed's Odd Man Out ( 1947 ) and The Third Man ( 1949 ), and Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946 ), Black Narcissus ( 1946 ) and The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, the first non-American film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Kind Hearts and Coronets ( 1949 ) directed by Robert Hamer.

" Heartbroken by Narcissus, Echo spent the rest of her life in lonely glens pining away for the love she never knew, crying until all that was left was her voice.

After the war, demonstrating her range, she appeared in Holiday Camp ( 1947 ), the first of a series of films which featured the very ordinary Huggett family ; as Sister Philippa in Black Narcissus ( 1947 ); as a magistrate in Goodtime Girl ( 1948 ); as a prospective Labour MP in Frieda ( 1947 ); and in costume melodrama, Saraband for Dead Lovers ( 1948 ).

She was also thought to have been responsible for the transformations of Adonis, Attis, Crocus, Hyacinthus and Narcissus into flowers.

Playing Ophelia in Olivier's Hamlet made her a star, although she was already well known for her work in other British films, including her first starring role in the film adaptation of Uncle Silas, and Black Narcissus ( both 1947 ).

He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

*( 1984 ) Honorable Mention for Narcissus

*( 1984 ) Gold Star Award for Narcissus

*( 1985 ) Special Mention for Narcissus

*( 1985 ) First Prize-Madame de Stael Prize, ( France, May 1985 ) for Narcissus

*( 1984 ) Golden Sheaf Award-Best Experimental Film for Narcissus, Short Film and Video Festival ( Canada, October – November 1984 )

*( 1984 ) Golden Peacock for the Best Short Film of the Festival for Narcissus

*( 1984 ) Honorable Mention-Visual Essays for Narcissus

In July 2006, Graham Coxon wrote and had published a foreword for a new edition of Herman Hesse's novel, Narcissus and Goldmund.

According to the diary of Narcissus Luttrell, Primrose Hill was once known as " Greenberry Hill " after the execution of Messrs. Green, Berry and Hill for the murder of Edmund Godfrey, but there is no trace of such a name before 1679.

Later, Lieutenant Cririe first lieutenant of Narcissus and commander of the boats, returned Captain Travis's sword to him — an unusual gesture of respect — for his " gallant defense " of Surveyor.