Medusa

In order to offer a date of her demise, she would have had to exist, and she didn't. The story of Medusa is one that is told to offer as allegory to the concept of man overcoming adversity, fear and the wilderness. The monsters the founder-king heroes slayed were all indicative of darkness and powers of nature. Medusa, for example, represented the dangers of the sea (since she was connected to Poseidon).

Stheno and Euryale were the immortal Gorgons and sisters to Medusa.

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she was born when Apollo was born but not atten

used a reflection to cut off her head.

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the legend say.. anyone who looks medusa in the eyes turn to stone..

Medusa was originally a beautiful virgin priest of the goddess Athena.

After being raped by Poseidon, god of the ocean, Medusa was accused of disgracing the temple of Athena; therefore, Athena turned Medusa into a monster with the following traits:

- An over all representation of a corpse (In other words: She was hideous)

- The hair of poisonous snakes to instil terror into those who gazed apon her

- Looks that kill... Anyone who matched their gaze to her would turn to stone. This isolated Medusa from any social activity.

it depends on with verson of the myth

It is said that Medusa lived on a hidden island with her two sisters, Stheno and Eurayle.

Since she lived during Greek times, I'm assuming that she wore what the same robes that other Greek women were wearing at the time. In the legends it says she had snake like hair too...... Supplementary answer On the other hand, since Medusa was a monster and not an ordinary woman, she may have been wearing any kind of outfit.

A mirror

polyp---sea anenome, medusa---jellyfish

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In plain English a polyp is a cylinder with tentacles at the top. The Hydra looks like a tin can with slender arms coming from the top of its body. This body form does not move and the animals are trappers.

The medusa is an umbrella shaped structure with tentacles hanging down from it. The jellyfish is an example. These animals move. During the reproductive stages of the jellyfish there is a time when they take on the polyp form. Then they bud off and become medusa.

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Medusa does not have a specific number of snakes in her hair.

The Greek hero Perseus killed Medusa.

He took his reflecting mirror and shined it to Medusa. Then, she cut off her head and she threw it into a nearby pond.

Medusa fell in love with Poseidon (she was still in human form) They decided to meet in Athena's temple and Athena found them in her temple. Athena turned Medusa and her two other sisters into the Gorgons.

There are two different myths about Medusa.

In the first myth, Medusa was a very beautiful woman who lived in the far north. She had never seen the sun, but wished to desperately. Athena denied her request to come south, though, and so Medusa accused her of being jealous of her beauty. Athena was so enraged that she cursed Medusa, removing her beauty and making her so ugly that people turned to stone when they looked at her.

In the second myth, Medusa was a priestess in Athena's temple. Her beauty was great and many men courted her. Eventually she caught the eyes of Poseidon and he attempted to "seduce" her. What he did, in fact, was rape her in Athena's temple. This was a terrible violation of a sacred place and, when Athena found out, she turned Medusa into the form we've come to recognize: half woman, half snake (or dragon) with serpents for hair and a look that turns men to stone.

So, you see, Medusa did not love anyone. Except, perhaps, herself, if you go by the first myth.

they add to her ugliness which causes people that look at her to turn to stone.

Athena, a goddess did this to her. When Medusa was a very beautiful girl, she asked to visit the south. Athena did not let her. So then Medusa therantened her that she would dare say she was jealous of her beauty. Then Athens got mad and cursed with ugliness. She was so ugly whoever looks her in the eye will turn to stone.

Turning people to stone

nobody knows exactly. all we know is that she had two sisters.

Medusa was a beautiful woman. She was turned into a Gorgon by Athena because Medusa and Poseidon had an affair in Athena's temple. Having sexual affairs in a goddesses temple is extremely disrespectful. When Medusa was turned into a Gorgon, she became immortal. She was the extremely ugly and had snakes as hair. When anyone looked at her, they turned into stone. Later, Perseus, a hero, went on a quest to get Medusa's head. He could only use the reflection of his shield to look at her, or else he would turn to stone. Once the head is removed, it still has the power to turn people into stone.

Hamilton, Edith, and Steele Savage. Mythology,. Boston: Little, Brown and, 1942. Print.

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It points down.

Perseus was sent to slay Medusa and bring back her head.