Narcissus

In Greek mythology, a beautiful youth who fell in love with his reflection in a pool; he pined away and was changed into a flower. Ovid says this was because of his cruelty to Echo.

Narcissus may mean either:

Narcissus in Greek mythology the Narcissus flower and plant Narcissus, freedman and secretary to the Roman emperor Claudius Narcissus, murderer of the Roman emperor Commodus HMS Narcissus, a name borne by six ships of the Royal Navy Narcissus, a painting by Caravaggio Narcissus, a JavaScript engine Narcissus, a piano piece by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin Narcissus, an opera by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel Narcissus, a 1916 novel by Viola Meynell Narcissus, a lifeboat appearing in the Aliens series of films. Narcissus, an electronic music composer from Uruguay

Other uses of the name include:

Black Narcissus, a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden, and its 1947 film adaptation by Powell and Pressburger Echo and Narcissus, a painting by John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus, a poem by Ovid Narcissa Malfoy, character in the Harry Potter series of books Narcissus, a 1983 short film by Norman McLaren Narcissus and Goldmund, a 1930 novel by Hermann Hesse The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', an 1897 novel by Joseph Conrad Operation Narcissus, a raid on Sicily by the SAS during World War II Pink Narcissus, a 1971 film by James Bidgood Narcissu, a visual novel.