person
Narcissus
also: Narziß
The youth of Greek myth (Ovid, Metamorphoses III) who fell in love with his own reflection and wasted away. In Sonnet II.3 Rilke makes him the 'clear, released Narcissus' who finally passes into the mirror.
Reading notes
- The Sonnets to Orpheus §29 Narcissus
The youth of myth (Ovid) who loved his own reflection; here the 'clear, released Narcissus' is the image that at last passes through into the mirror.