2007-02-07 09:41:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
"In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα, Médousa, "guardian, protectress"[1]), was a monstrous chthonic female character, essentially an extension of an apotropaic mask, gazing upon whom could turn onlookers to stone. Secondarily, Medusa was tripled into a trio of sisters, the Gorgons."
"Some classical references multiply her[2] into three Gorgon sisters: Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale, monsters with goggling eyes, sharp protruding fangs and lolling tongues, brass hands, and hair of living, venomous snakes. The Gorgons were children of Phorcys and Ceto, or sometimes, Typhon and Echidna, in each case chthonic monsters from an archaic world. Their genealogy is shared with other sisters, the Graiae, as in Aeschylus' Prometheus Unbound, who places both trinities of sisters far off "on Kisthene's dreadful plain"
2007-02-07 09:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok the people on top of me are half right, Medussa was actuall a very beautiful women, she was almost as pretty as hele of troy, she had many gentleman suitors and she was jsut drop dead beautiful. Anyways one day she dared to comapre her beauty to Athena or what ever the highest goddess was and she even said she was prettier than her. So the goddess and I am almost sure it was athena turned her so ugly that no man would want her. So thats how she started and the other two girls got it right. But that last part of the kraken or gorgon thats from the movie clash of the titans which is pretty good too.
2007-02-07 18:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by Richard L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the Gorgons, and the only one who was mortal. Her gaze could turn whoever she looked upon to stone. There is a particular myth in which Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden. She desecrated Athena's temple by lying there with Poseidon. Outraged, Athena turned Medusa's hair into living snakes.
Medusa was killed by the hero Perseus with the help of Athena and Hermes. He killed her by cutting of her head and gave it to Athena, who placed it in the center of her Aegis, which she wore over her breastplate.
From Medusa's dead body the giant Chrysaor and the winged horse Pegasus, her son by Poseidon, sprang forth.
2007-02-07 17:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by amy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://www.medusa.com
2007-02-07 18:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋