http://www.loggia.com/myth/echo.html this website gives a detailed answer. The short answer is Echo is a nymph who made Zeus's wife Hera mad. Hera cursed the nymph so now she can have the last word but only if someone else speaks first - Echo lived in the mountains and hills so you will only hear her speak to yo in the mountains and hills
Supposedly she is the daughter of Gaea and Uranus according to The Wordsworth Classic Dictionary and The Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
Yes, Echo is a Oreiad nymph of Mount Kithairon, or goddess from Greek mythology.
Echo's mother was not named inn Greek Mythology. Her fathers name was Penaeus.
Yes. The story of Echo and Narcissus is a flower myth from Greek mythology.
In Greek mythology, nymphs are spirits of nature. They are minor female deities. Nymphs are represented as young, pretty girls.There were different kinds as naiads (in rivers), oreads (in mountains) and dryads (in trees).Eurydice was an oread, for instance, Echo another.
Echo is associated with Greek mythology. She was a mountain nymph, though it is not known from which area of Greece.
Echo did not have any known powers. She could only echo what people said because of Hera's curse on her, but that is not a special power.
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In Greek mythology Echo was a nymph cursed by Hera with a speech impediment. Echo could only repeat what others said.
Echo, though it was more to do with Echo distracting Hera while Zeus lay with other lovers.
From Greek mythology. It's from the story of Echo and Narcissus; Narcissus was a handsome young man that fell in love with his own reflection.
They explain natural phenomenons like how we have an echo, a spider, or even death. Mythology is fun to read about!