Anyone who looked directly at Medusa was turned to stone.
You are turned to stone.Anyone who looked at Medusa was turned to stone.
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Medusa was a woman who was cursed and turned into a gorgon. She had snakes for her hair and could turn you into stone if you looked directly in her eyes.
You will turn into stone.
Aunt Em is Medusa. In Greek mythology, Medusa was a Gorgon with the ability to turn anyone who looked directly at her into stone.
Medusa turned mortals into stone, just by looking at them. Athena had made her so ugly that she would turn any person who looked directly at her into stone on sight.
Medusa
Medusa and her two sisters (collectively known as the Gorgons) were cursed by Athena to have hideous appearances (e.g. snakes for hair) and gazes that turned people to stone. If Percy had looked Medusa in the eye, he would have ended up as an addition to her statue collection.
Polydectes suggested that Perseus undertake the quest to bring him the head of the Gorgon Medusa. This was a dangerous task as whoever looked directly at Medusa would turn to stone.
Medusa forms stone bodies of the person that has just looked into her eyes
Medusa forms stone bodies of the person that has just looked into her eyes
Medusa had a special power: whoever looked at her would turn to stone. That's why, when fighting her, Perseus didn't look at her directly, he used his shield as a mirror to see what she was doing, and that's how he managed to cut off her head.