Medusa, one of three gorgons. She could turn people to stone by making eye contact with them.
to preserve something naturally using calcium carbonate is known as petrifying.
If you mean Medusa - she was a mythical woman who had snakes on her head instead of hair.
Petrify, Petrifying
white
The petrifying well.
Lamia
A half-woman half-fish is generally regarded as a mermaid. They are mythical.
=Yes! Many people=
Lamia...body of a serpent...breasts and head of a woman
Atrocious or Bone-Chilling
The anagram is sylph (mythical being, or a slim, graceful woman).
bloodcurdling,ghastly,petrifying,gruesome,grisly,demonic