Athena caught Poseidon raping one of her followers, Medusa, in her temple. Interestingly, Medusa was punished, not Poseidon. Athena turned Medusa and her sisters into Gorgons.
The Three Gorgons were the creatures that could turn people to stone.
There were three gorgons. There head looks weird and their hair is made of snakes. If you look at them you will turn to stone. The most powerful gorgon was Medusa.
Technically they can't eat anything that has eyes because they would turn to stone and that would be really hard to eat, even for them. So they must be vegetarians...
In Greek mythology, Medusa and the Gorgons were punished by Athena for desecrating her temple by engaging in a romantic encounter with Poseidon. Athena transformed Medusa and her sisters into hideous creatures with snakes for hair and the power to turn anyone who gazed upon them into stone as a form of retribution for their actions. This punishment served as a warning to others about the consequences of disrespecting the gods and their sacred spaces in Greek mythology.
They were turned into hideous creatures who have snake for hair and can turn people into stone with their gaze.
Turning people into stone
Medusa was a Gorgon. There were three Gorgons originally. Medusa had snakes for hair and as all Gorgons could turn men to stone.
The Three Gorgons were the creatures that could turn people to stone.
In mythology, looking a Gorgon in the eyes turns the viewer into stone. Gorgons, like Medusa, have the power to turn anyone who gazes into their eyes into solid stone.
There were three gorgons. There head looks weird and their hair is made of snakes. If you look at them you will turn to stone. The most powerful gorgon was Medusa.
In Greek mythology, after the two Gorgons, Stheno and Euryale, were killed by Perseus, Frank retrieved their heads from the river to use as weapons. These heads had the power to turn enemies into stone if they gazed upon them.
Technically they can't eat anything that has eyes because they would turn to stone and that would be really hard to eat, even for them. So they must be vegetarians...
Medusa was one of the three "gorgons" their job was to turn people into stone.
In Greek mythology, Medusa and the Gorgons were punished by Athena for desecrating her temple by engaging in a romantic encounter with Poseidon. Athena transformed Medusa and her sisters into hideous creatures with snakes for hair and the power to turn anyone who gazed upon them into stone as a form of retribution for their actions. This punishment served as a warning to others about the consequences of disrespecting the gods and their sacred spaces in Greek mythology.
They were turned into hideous creatures who have snake for hair and can turn people into stone with their gaze.
Most likely, since Medusa and her sisters, the Gorgons, turned any one who came there way into stone.
The Gorgons were three sisters , Medusa- Stheno-Euryale , who had hair of living poisonous snakes and faces so terrifying that those who saw their faces are turned to stone .