Mythika 7: Naiads - A Dying Ecko Traditional Cache
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Mythika 7: Naiads - A Dying Ecko
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Well camo'd small lock & lock in the Duck Pond area of Gainesville. Street-side parking. Watch for mugles and their dogs.
Number 7 in the Mythika series. As always, the cache site and the myth are associated with each other in some way. Read and learn.
This is a well camo’d small lock and lock in an old but beautiful part of town. Please respect the area and the vegetation and be careful when retrieving and replacing the cache. Please note where and how the cache is hidden so you can put the cache back just as you found it.
In Greek mythology, the Naiads (from the Greek word for “running water" or "to flow,") were a type of nymph who presided over fresh water such as fountains, wells, springs, streams, and brooks. Each Naiad was intimately connected to her body of water - her very existence depended on it. If a stream dried up, its Naiad expired. The waters over which Naiads presided were thought to be endowed with inspirational, medicinal, or prophetic powers. The offspring of the Naiads included the Graces (aka the Greek “Charites”) who were the personifications of charm and beauty in nature and in human life. They loved all things beautiful and bestowed talent upon mortals.
One of the better known stories involving Naiads and their offspring is that of Narcissus, a son of the river-god Kephisos and the fountain-nymph Liriope. Narcissus was celebrated for his beauty but was arrogant and spurned all of his admirers loving no one but his own self. The nymph Ekho--a girl cursed by Hera to repeat only the last words of what was said before--fell in love with and was rejected by Narcissus. In despair over her spurned offer of love, Ekho slowly faded away, finally leaving nothing behind but the haunting echo of her voice. In revenge, the gods caused Narcissus to fall in love with his own image reflected in a pool. When he said “I love you” to the reflection, the words were echoed back to him making him believe that the reflected image had spoken to him. Unable to touch the reflection in the pool, Narcissus sat by the pool gazing endlessly at the reflection until he slowly pined away. Upon his death, he was transformed by the pool nymphs (all of whom had fallen in love with his beauty) into a beautiful flower that can be found growing alongside streams and pools. We now call this flower the narcissus.
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Fgnl gb gur jrfg naq ersyrpg pnershyyl ba guvf bar.
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