Who is Mathusa? I think that's how you spell the name. I believe it is a mythical character am I right?

Question

I think it may be a character in a play that had to wait for ages for something. I checked Greek Gods but had no luck, so I tried to find the name in the vast world of Shakespearian plays but soon gave up. So who or what is Mathusa?

Answer 1

I think you mean Methusaleh, he was the oldest man in the Bible.

Answer 2

Methuselah - mentioned in the bible, supposedly had a very long lifespan.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longevity_myths
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Patriarchal longevity

Stories of longevity have been around for as long as humanity. The first longevity narratives were probably the patriarchal/matriarchal myths. These tended to relate an effort to link humans to the gods or to God. In some cases, the ages of the past were exaggerated to extend a genealogy further back into the past. Such extreme exaggerations were used in Sumer; ages claimed corresponded to calendar cycles and special dates. A later and reduced form was used in Japan, which inflated ages of emperors in an attempt to date Japanese history to 660BC (see Emperor Jimmu Tenno, Kanototori for more). The Patriarchs of the Bible do connect man to God (see Luke 3:23-38), and the extreme ages claimed are highest toward the beginning, where people are claimed to have lived for close to a thousand years, with Adam reaching the age of 930 and Methuselah reaching 969 (see Genesis chapters 3-11).

Answer 3

If I've got it right, it is Methuselah you're looking for: your play is George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah", a once-celebrated play which ranged from Adam and Eve via the present to the far future.

Is it possible you slightly confused the play with "Waiting for Godot"? If so, that would explain the "waiting ages for something".

I won't go on on too much about the Biblical Methuselah, Noah's grandfather, as others have written quite enough already, but will just say that his name is traditionally used for an extremely aged man ("He's really quite a Methuselah!").

Answer 4

You mean Medusa? She's in Greek myths and there are 2 versions of the story. Either she thought herself more beautiful than the Gods because she was so pretty and the Gods turned her into a Gorgon so that her hair was made of snakes, and she had the bottom half of a snake and weird colored skin, she was so ugly that anyone or thing that looked at her turned into stone, or she and Posiden went into Athena's temple and "did it" then Athena was so mad that she made Medusa the way she is. She was the only mortal Gorgon and was slain by Persisus because his Uncle said he had to do it as a present for him, and her head was put on Athena's sheild.

Answer 5

I can think of two characters, one fictional, one real, that come close to the spelling of your word.

MEDUSA was a character in Greek mythology (ie, not real). She was supposedly a human who had angered "the gods" with her vanity. Her punishment was ugliness: her body was warped, her beautiful hair was turned into snakes, her blood was turned into poison. To look directly at her face meant death: the victim would turn into stone. She was killed by Perseus, who cut off her head while looking into a mirror (for aim). Her blood, dropping on the ground, became poisonous vipers, but the last drop became the winged horse Pegasus (the last remnant of her former beauty). Her ugly head was used to kill the Kraken.

METHUSELAH was the name of the longest-lived human (969 years) ever recorded. His story is found in Genesis 5; he was Noah's grandfather. Not much else is known about him. He died just before the great Deluge. Yes, I believe he was a real person.

Answer 6

I think you may mean Methusalah. He was, I believe, the oldest man in the Bible. I believe he is mentioned in the Book of Genesis.

There is also an ancient Greek legend about Medusa. She had snakes for hair and she turned people into stone with her stare. She was finally slain by Perseus (I think).

Answer 7

Methuselah was the oldest man who is mentioned in the bible . He died aged 969.
Medusa, was a greek godess/monster with venomous snakes for hair.
You could look either up by searching for them on wikipedia.
I'm not sure if either are what you are looking for, but they seem the most likely candidates.

Answer 8

If you mean: Maduca (spelt wrong) lived in a cave and had snakes for hair. If a person saw her they turned to stone so they had to fight her looking in a mirror.

Or if you mean Methuselah: he was the oldest guy in Genesis in the Bible. He lived to 969!

Hope this helps : )

Answer 9

Greek folklaw a green woman who lived in a cave had snakes for hair and anyone who looked at her turned to stone

Answer 10

Mathusa

Answer 11

Medusa? she's a greek monster, with snakes for hair. she's quite famous, and if you look into her eyes, youre tunred to stone i believe she has sisters as well, but im not sure of their names