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Echo fell in love with a human named Narcissus but he loved only the image of himself, reflected in water. Echo pined away with love for him but Narcissus was unmoved. Gradually, Echo faded until nothing was left but her voice, repeating the last words of others. Narcissus turned into a daffodil.

Alternatively, Echo was a nymph who was a great singer and dancer and scorned the love of any man. This angered Pan, a lecherous god, and he instructed his followers to kill her. Echo was torn to pieces and spread all over the EarthEarth also known as the Earth or Terra is the planet on which we live, the third planet outward from the Sun. It is the largest of the solar system's terrestrial planets, and the only planetary body that modern science confirms as harbouring life. The pla. The goddess of the earth, GaiaGaia ("land" or "earth", also spelled Ge or Gaea in Greek mythology embodies the fertility of the Earth. Some people believe that Gaia is a later form of a pre-Indo-European Great Mother who was venerated in Neolithic times, but this theory is not widely, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last words of others. In some versions, Echo and Pan first had one child: IambeIn Greek mythology, Iambe was an old woman who made Demeter smile or laugh when the latter was mourning the loss of her daughter, Persephone. She was a daughter of Echo and Pan. She was the first priestess of Demeter. How did Iambe make Demeter laugh? She.