🗝 | Birth Flowers : DecemberNarcissus (Daffodil)In Greek mythology, Narcissus was the son of a river God named Cephissus. He was followed in the woods by a mountain nymph named Echo. When Narcissus shouted 'who's there?' Echo responded by repeating his words back to him because that's all she could do.
Eventually Echo revealed herself, only to be rejected by Narcissus. Heartbroken, she spent the rest of her life roaming the woods until nothing was left but the sound of her voice. Nemesis - the Goddess of Revenge - decided to punish Narcissus by drawing him to a stream where he saw his reflection. Unable to look away from such perfection, he fell in love with it.
When his love wasn't reciprocated, he couldn't bear to leave his reflection. After staring at it for a few days he grew exhausted, fell into the stream and drowned. It's said that daffodils are called narcissus because they commonly grow on the banks of streams and rivers where Narcissus perished.
The flowers represent creativity, inspiration, awareness and inner reflection, forgiveness, and vitality- usually gifted to ensure happiness.
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