“And she wasted away for love of Narcissus, her bones hardening until she became a stone statue, which finally crumbled away, leaving nothing but an echo in the caverns. I am both Narcissus and Echo, the Prince both my Echo and my Narcissus.” #MythologyMonday#Mermay
“The night before we docked here, the Prince read me another story from his book…Narcissus was watched by a maiden - Echo - whose curse was that she could not speak of her own accord, only repeat the last words spoken by others.”🧵 #MythologyMonday#MerMay
Then the Mer-King delicately kissed the hand of the Ice Queen and dived back into the sea. The necklace of coral he lay in a pool on the rock. And the Queen picked it up and put it around her neck. The Ice Queen & the Mer-King. Art by @hopkinson_anna #InverteFest#MerMay