Na′ra′yan. The mover of the waters. The Hindoo god of tides.
Narcis′sus, son of Cephisus and the Naiad Liriope, was a beautiful youth, who was so pleased with the reflection of himself which he saw in the placid water of a fountain that he could not help loving it, imagining that it must be some beautiful nymph. His fruitless endeavours to possess himself of the supposed nymph drove him to despair, and he killed himself. There sprang from his blood a flower, which was named after him, Narcissus.
“Narcissus so himself forsook,
And died to kiss his shadow in the brook.”
“Hadst thou Narcissus in thy face, to me
Thou would’st appear most ugly.”
Shakespeare.
Nastr′ond. The Scandinavian place of eternal punishment, corresponding with Hades.
Na′tio. A Roman goddess who took care of young infants.
Nemæ′an Lion, see Hercules.