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Q: Why did Athene curse Medusa?
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If Medusa was turned into a gorgon by Athena then how did her sisters become gorgons?

Medusa went into Athene's temple and Poseidon was spying on her and then Poseidon raped her in front of Athene so Athene got furious and said the that wasn't going to happen again so Athene turned Medusa into a gorgon because she said that it was Medusa's fought.Then Athene found out that Medusa had two sisters so Athene said that Medusa's sisters were probably are going to do the something so she turned then into gorgon. Medusa was probably 25 years old when she was turned into a ugly gorgon


Why did the goddess Athena put a curse on Medusa?

She was jealous of Medusa's beautiful hair and gave her the curse!


Can Medusa be lift from the curse?

No, probably. But Athena might be able to lift the curse, since she was the one who put the curse on Medusa.


How did Medusa look before her curse?

medusa was very pretty and wait more like beautiful


What was Medusa doing in Athene's castle?

I believe we are not talking original Greek myth, but American comic books.


Did Aphrodite curse Medusa?

Yes she did. She was jealous of Medusa for being almost as pretty as her. So she put a curse on Medusa so that she would have snakes on her head. That way, all the men would be afraid to look at Medusa, and so that they would pay more attention to Aphrodite.


Was Medusa ever cursed?

Yes, Medusa was cursed from the goddess called Athena. Athena got jealous from medusa's beauty because everyone wanted Medusa. Athena decided to curse Medusa. Now Medusa is a monster and has snakes for hair, Medusa got cursed so badly that Athena made the curse that if anyone looks at medusa will turn to stone. This teaches every god not to ever look at Medusa's face and or never to get interested in her.


What is Medusa's special talent or skill?

Medusa turned anything she looked at into stone. That could be considered a talent - or a curse.


Who put the curse over Medusa?

Athena, because Medusa was bragging about her beauty, when Athena was the most beautiful godess. :)


Where do you get the Medusa Curse in AQWorlds?

You can get it on mogloween that is once in the year.Its a seasonal rare.


Why did Medusa tuned people to stone?

Because of a curse Athena put on her.


Who was maduca?

a snake headed goddess from greek mythology. Who was not sexy. And who ever wrote that; THAT WAS VERY INAPPROPRIATE! Some people on here actually want a good answer. And Maduca was the daughter of Ceto and the sister of Phorcys. She was said to have once been a beautiful maiden, famous for Her lovely hair, who was turned to a hideous monster by the goddess Athena. Snakes then replaced Her beautiful tresses, and Her gaze was so terrible it would turn men to stone. The hero Perseus killed Her on a dare, decapitating Her and making off with Her head, which he gave to Athene. Thereafter She wore it on Her aegis, or breastplate that symbolized the storm clouds.There are many different representations of Medusa, some ugly, some not, and not all showing Her with Her famous snaky hair. Often She has wings, either large bronze ones sprouting from Her back, or a small pair on Her forehead. Sometimes She is shown as an ugly woman, burly and muscular, with large fangs.Medusa's legends are very tangled with those of Athene, and Medusa may originally have been Her sexual and destructive aspect. Some legends say Medusa was given Her fearsome aspect by Athene as punishment for winning a beauty contest against Her; or that the punishment was given because the Sea-god Poseidon had sex with Medusa in Athene's temple. Poseidon was sometimes said to have been Athene's father, from whom She got Her blue eyes, and They were long rivals, as can be seen in Their competition for patronage of Athens.It is said that Perseus was guided by Athene's hand as he killed Medusa, or even that Athene Herself slew Medusa as She slept. When Medusa's blood fell to the earth, the hero Chrysaor and the winged horse Pegasus were born, for Medusa had been pregnant from Her encounter with Poseidon. Her blood was then taken by Athene who gave it to Asclepius, or in some stories, Erichthonius (half-serpent, half-human who was claimed as ancestor by the early Athenians; the Erechtheum, a temple shared by Athene and Poseidon on the Akropolis, is named for Erechtheus, his adopted grandson), who used it to kill or cure.In these legends, Medusa shares many symbols with Athene and with Poseidon. Athene, as a sky-goddess, is associated with birds, especially the wise owl; and She also is linked to the chthonic serpent, as seen in links to Erechtheus and Erichthonius (who were often confused) and in the snakes that fringe Her aegis. An epithet of Athena, Sthenia, meaning "strong", shares its root meaning with the name of one of Medusa's Gorgon sisters, Stheno. Likewise Poseidon was said to have seduced Medusa in the guise of either a bird or a horse, and Medusa's parents were both Sea-deities