Echo and Narcissus Echo and Narcissus Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", a Latin mythological epic from the Augustan Age. The introduction of the myth of the mountain nymph Echo into the story of Narcissus, the beautiful youth who rejected sexuality and falls in love with his own reflection, appears to have been Ovid's invention. Ovid's version influenced the presentation of the myth in later Western art and literature. The myth of the goddess is told in Book III of the "Metamorphoses", and tells the story of a "talkative nymph" whom the goddess Venus admires for her magnificent voice and
Falling in love Falling in love In romantic relationships, falling in love is the concept of moving from a feeling of neutrality towards a person to one of love, except in cases of love at first sight where there is an instant and long-lasting bond. The use of the term "falling in love " comes from a common metaphor that equates becoming in love with the act of falling. The metaphor appears to emphasize that the process is in some way uncontrollable and risky—as in the phrases "to fall ill" or "to fall into a trap"—and that it leaves the lover in a