Because anything she looks at turns to stone. This was the punishmant Athena gave her.
He'd turn to stone
you cant look her straight in the eye because you would turn to stone so youd have to look in a mirror and slice her head off
Perseus can't look at Medusa because she will turn him into a stone statue but, Perseus can look at Medusa, he can just used a polished bronze shield to deflect the petrifying glaze.
Well, Medusa's hair was different kinds of snakes.
Medusa probably does not care one way or another.
After Medusa slept with Poseidon in Athena's temple, Athena cursed her so that no man would ever look upon her as beautiful again. Medusa and her two sisters became the Gorgons, hideous women with snakes for hair. Medusa also had the petrifying ability to turn anyone who gazed at her to stone. She was eventually slain by Perseus.
people were scared of medusa because one look at her would turn you into stone
medusa was very pretty and wait more like beautiful
If they looked at her eyes they would turn to stone.
The stories about them vary, but the later authors say they look as terrible as Medusa.
Yes, a left lip piercing would look good with a Medusa. I have my Medusa, Snakebites, Septum, Right Nostril, etc... If anything, get more! :-)
When someone looks at Medusa they turn in to stone.