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Echo was a beautiful wood nymph who was a favourite of the moon goddess- Artemis (twin of Apollo).  Her fatal flaw was that she was very fond of talking. One day she met Hera, the wife of Zeus, who was frustrated with Echo's talking and therefore cursed her to always have the last word. After that, Echo was doomed to walk the earth speaking only the last word of another being. Whilst walking, Echo saw a very handsome young shepherd called Narcissus, fell in love him and followed him around. Narcissus was very vain because he was aware about how attractive he was and how much girls loved him but he loved no one but himself. To begin with, Narcissus didn't mind that Echo was following him but soon it became annoying. One day, Narcissus looked into a stream and was enchanted with what looked back at him. A beautiful young man. Meanwhile Echo was desperate, she wanted to tell the youth that she loved him but she couldn't.  "Come to me!" begged the vain man one...

The Ancient Greeks believed that the chief god- Zeus, had a sister called Demeter, who was in charge of the harvest. They believed that if she was unhappy, then the crops would fail and the people would die. This is a Greek myth that explains why there is spring, summer, autumn and winter. Demeter had a daughter, whom she loved very much. Her name was Persephone and she made her mother very happy, and when she was happy the mortals crops grew well, trees blossomed and the grass was carpeted with bright flowers. Over time, Persephone grew up into a tall, beautiful goddess. One day, the god of the Underworld- Hades was out looking at the living world in his chariot with Cerberus, the three headed dog who guarded the Underworld. Suddenly, he saw Persephone, walking gracefully through the flowers. He fell head over heels in love with her, so much that he snatched her up and took her away to his cold, dark, miserable abode under the ground. When Demeter couldn't find her beloved ...

In Greek Mythology, Apollo is the god of the sun. He was believed to be the one who pulled the sun up each day with his chariot drawn by four horses. Apollo was also the Ancient Greek god of music, poems, art, medicine, plague, archery and knowledge.  In this myth, he falls in love with a wood nymph called Daphne. It goes like this: Apollo the sun god had been mocking Cupid (aka Eros) the god of love, after Cupid had had enough of the taunting he decided to have revenge. He fired two arrows. The first gold arrow struck Apollo, which made him fall in love with Daphne, a Naiad nymph, daughter of the River. The second was made of lead. It struck Daphne and made her despise Apollo. Under the spell of Cupid's arrow, Apollo chased a distressed nymph along the river bank declaring that he would always love her. Daphne, harassed at being chased by Apollo, turned to her father the River and begged him to help her get away from the sun god. Hearing his daughters desperate pleas, the R...