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Medusa
In the Greek Mythologies, Medusa was a monster described to having a hideous face with living venomous snakes in place of hair. She's the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto and the mother of Pegasus and Chrysaor. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus who used her head as a weapon afterwards until he gave it to the goddess Athena in place of her shield.
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Is Medusa a godess?
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She is a Gorgon, Gorgons are women that are hediousley revolting and ugly from being cursed, Like Medusa, she used to be a beautiful woman but then she got cursed by a goddess and transformed into an ugly, evil snake-haired woman.
Why did Medusa get turned into a monster?
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Athena is the one that turned Medusa into the horrible creature we now know her as.
What is a Medusa jellyfish?
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Jellyfishes are carnivores.
Most jellyfishes are drifters that feed on living or dead preys: small fish, eggs, zooplankton and other invertebrates that become caught in their tentacles.
Polypodium hydriforme is a parasite of fishes' eggs.
smaller fishes
How did Medusas kids look like?
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Poseidon and Medusa did not end up having children, thanks to Athena. Athena caught the two of them together in her temple, and used her powers to make Medusa ugly, which is how Medusa got her snake hair.
Is Medusa real or a myth?
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No, unfortunately it is not. It is in Doctor Who, but only that.
What would medusa like?
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Medusa is a character from myth and wouldn’t have likes or dislikes.
Medusa who was she?
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Medusa was one of the Greek monsters known as a gorgon, a vicious beast with sharp fangs, hair of snakes, whose gaze turned men and women to stone. She was once a beautiful Athena priestess, until the day that Posiedon raped her in the Parthenon. The Parthenon belonged to a goddess named Athena. She was so mad at what happened in her temple that she punished Medusa and turned her into a Gorgon.
Answer:Medusa is Poseidon's girlfriend. When Poseidon and Medusa met together at Athena, the goddess of Wisdom's temple, Athena turned Medusa into a monster with hair like snakes. She was very dangerous since anyone who looks at her eyes, they turn into stone. After Medusa's head was chopped off, if you look at her eyes, this time, you become petrified.Medusa can only hurt some one if they look into her eyes and they will turn to stone.
Who does Medusa turn to stone?
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Any living organism that looks at her will turn to stone.
Who did Medusa get married to?
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Medusa is a female character from the Greek mythology. It is said to turn onlookers to stone. Medusa never had a husband. According to the Greek Myth, she was a beautiful maiden once and served as priestess to the goodness of wisdom, Athena. Athena turned her into a Monster, when she learned of her affair with the god of the Sea, Poesidon. Athena cursed her (not cursed her out) meaning she cast a spell on Medusa. Yup Medusa was cursed into an ugly woman but before she was considered hot.
Why did they kill Medusa?
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Perseus, son of Zeus, killed Medusa because she turned people to stone -- essentially, because she was a murderer.
What is Characteristics of Medusa?
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Well there would be two one before the "transformation" and after
before: she was beautiful
after: she had snakes for hait she looked like a snake with arms and legs
you can blame Athena for that because she caught Posiden in her temple "with" medusa
Why doesnt Medusa like people?
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The reason Medusa turns people into stone is because she used to be super beautiful so she made out with Poseidon and were making out in Athena's temple, and Athena got angry and turned Medusa into a creepy snake head lady
Where was Medusa created?
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The nymph Medusa was having an affair with Poseidon and they arranged to meet in Athena's temle. Athena got very angry when she found that they had used her temple for this so she turned Medusa and her sisters, who had helped them, into gorgons.
What make Medusa scary?
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Because you would turn into stone if you looked into her eyes.
Why do you turn to stone if you look into medusas eyes?
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Medusa was turned into a Gorgon by reason of either two things:
1. Medusa and Poseidon were caught together at Athena's temple, and since Athena was promised to Poseidon, Athena could not punish him, so she punished Medusa by changing her into a monster.
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2. Medusa was a normal human woman that worked in the temple of Athena. Medusa thought herself to be more beautiful than any goddess, even Athena. When Athena found out about this, she turned Medusa into a monster that no one would want to look at.
One attribute of Medusa's curse was to have eyes that turned anything into stone once they were looked into. Just a fraction of a look was enough. Just to show that no one would ever look upon her in beauty again.
Perseus, the killer of Medusa, used a shield to look upon the reflection of Medusa, since a reflection will not harm you.
As a side note, there is some evidence that the myth is based around the real illness, Seefer's disease (a.k.a. Human Statue Syndrome), which causes one's skin to harden in roughly twenty minutes (this being said, there have only been a handful of cases known to modern medicine).
Does medusa have a sibling?
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Medusa's Gorgon sisters were Sthenno and Euryale, the children of Phorcys and Ceto (or Ceto and Gorgo). Their sisters would be the Graiai: Deino, Enyo, Persis or Pemphredo. Ekhidna and perhaps Skylla, their brother is Landon, the Hesperian dragon. Another sister was Thoosa.
Is Medusa real?
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no sadley medusa is not real but remains a important part in Greek myths
Medusa was a Patron Goddess of the Libyan Amazons, prior to becoming a mythical monster of Greek mythology. She may also be a relic of the Goddess worshipping cults of Antiquity.
*According to some fringe scholars, she may have been an actual Warrior Queen possessing a great tangle of Dreadlocks, that were the style of the time and comparable to a tangle of serpents.
(*None of this has been proven fact, however.)
Is Medusa a titan?
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No. Medusa is a Gorgon, she and her 2 sisters were cursed by Aphrodite so when they look at someone the person turns to stone
Why is medusa medusa?
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the fact that if you look her in the face you turn into stone
What book is this from how did Medusa get snakes for hair?
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Usually the story is that Medusa was an Athena priestess, who once made love to Poseidon in Athena's temple. In revenge Athena turned Medusa into something as ugly as possible.
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Because she was making love in a temple that belonged to Athena and in rage Athena turned Medusa's hair into snakes, or Medusa bragged about her hair and Hera, out of jealousy, turned her hair into snakes. Whatever makes sense to you.
Yet Another Answer:
Medusa once informed Athena that Snakes were more Fair(more beautiful) than Athena herself in order to spite her. In a fit of rage Athena damned Medusa to become that which she held so high.
