Motif
Self-love directed toward an unattainable reflection
self_love_directed_toward_an_unattainable_reflection
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Forbidden and Transgressive Love. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5221-5284 confidence: high
While drinking, Narcissus is attracted to the reflection of his own form, loves a thing without substance, and mistakes a shadow for a body.
Narcissus sees his own reflected form in water, mistakes it for a body, loves it, and cannot grasp it.
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