Narcissus

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Narcissus may refer to:

• Narcissus (mythology), a figure in Greek mythology
• Narcissus (genus), a genus of flowering plants
• Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, freedman and secretary to the Roman emperor Claudius
• Narcissus (wrestler), best known as assassin of the Roman emperor Commodus
• HMS Narcissus, a name borne by six ships of the Royal Navy
• Narcissus (Caravaggio), a painting by Caravaggio
• Narcissus (JavaScript engine), a JavaScript engine

In film:

• Narcissus, a lifeboat appearing in the Aliens series of films.
• Narcissus (1983 short movie), a 1983 short film by Norman McLaren
• Narcissus, a 1956 film by Ben Moore and Willard Maas
• Narcissus is the tugboat captained by Tugboat Annie in the magazine stories, film series, and television series of the same name.

In music:

• "Black Narcissus", a jazz standard by Joe Henderson
• Narcissus, a piano piece by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin
• Narcissus, an opera by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
• Narcissus (band), a now-defunct American band
• "Narcissus", a song by Alanis Morissette from her third studio album Under Rug Swept

In literature:

• Narcissus, a 1916 novel by Viola Meynell

Other uses of the name include:

• Black Narcissus, a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden, and its 1947 film adaptation by Powell and Pressburger
• Echo and Narcissus, a painting by John William Waterhouse
• "Echo and Narcissus", a poem by Ovid
• Narcissa Malfoy, character in the Harry Potter series of books
• Narcissus and Goldmund, a 1930 novel by Hermann Hesse
• The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', an 1897 novel by Joseph Conrad
• Operation Narcissus, a raid on Sicily by the SAS during World War II
• Pink Narcissus, a 1971 film by James Bidgood
• Narcissu, a visual novel
• Black Narcissus, one of the Metarex from the Sonic the Hedgehog anime Sonic X.
• Saint Narcissus, the name of several Christian saints