The Scary Mirror
摘要
The mirror was a particular fascination in ancient mythologies and modern cultures. Think of the Greek myth of Narcissus, who falls in love with his image reflected in a pool of water, and Perseus, who uses Athena's mirror shield to avoid seeing Medusa and being transformed into stone. In Roman mythology, Venus is represented with a mirror to symbolize beauty and self-admiration. Fenghuang of Chinese mythology often carries a mirror to show his pure heart, while Japanese mythology says that the sun goddess Amaterasu is attracted out of a cave seeing her image in a mirror.