posted May 11, 2014 06:31 PM            

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posted May 11, 2014 09:04 PM            

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Originally posted by darkdreamer on 3 Feb 2008:

Nemesis was a goddess of ultimate justice and balance; she punished people for their sins / crimes and also for undeserved happiness.
The important thing here is that she always creates a balance, divine justice and only takes away "undeserved" happiness.
Also, according to the myths she especially punishes arrogance.

For example: The nymph Echo fell in love with the beautiful boy Narcissus, but he didn`t love her back, and even mocked her.
So, Echo prayed to Nemesis and Nemesis took care that Narcissus felt unrequited love, too. In his case he fell in love with his own mirror-image, a love, which of course could never be really consumated. lol
But it was his arrogance and his coldness towards Echo`s sufferings that made Nemesis punish him. And she punishes him in a way, that he actually learned a lesson from all of that.

I guess, that is what Nemesis is all about. But of course, since we humans are capable of egotism, arrogance and other nasty things, we feel the justice that Nemesis brings often as severe punishment and extremely painful.

DD

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DD's interpretation rings true for me. I think it is consistent with your interpretation, so long as one remembers the purpose for the "tearing down."