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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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Medusa was the child of Phorcys and Ceto, who in turn were the children of Gaia and Oceanus.
The Greek sea god Phorcys was Medusa's father. He had three daughter with his wife Ceto - Stheno, Euryale and Medusa.
Who are the parents of Medusa?
According to some sources, her parents were the primordial sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and they were the parents of her, her sisters the Gorgons, and Echidna. But according to other sources, Medusa was a beautiful human woman who served as a virgin priestess to Athena. But then she was raped by the Sea God Poseidon, and to add insult to injury it happened in the temple itself. And because Athena couldn't punish Poseidon, she punished Medusa for the insult, transforming her into the terrible monster.
What does the story of Medusa explain?
I should probably put the story here, or else my answer won't make sense.
The story of Medusa: Medusa used to be a beautiful girl. She was a girlfriend of Poseidon, the God of The Seas.
One day, Medusa and Poseidon were making out on the floor of one of Athena's temples. Athena realised what was happening, and got mad. She turned Medusa's lovely curls into writhing little snakes, and put a curse on Medusa: whoever looked at Medusa in the eyes will turn into stone. Therefore, Athena turned Medusa into a Gorgon.
The explanation: um...never mess with a goddess??
she liked to walk around and admire her statues.all most all day.
What were the greek goddess Medusa powers and responsibilities?
Medusa is not a goddess. She is a monster. Anyone that looked at her turned into stone, and she had snakes for hair
How did Medusa come to be history?
Some say Medusa was born ugly. Many stories about how Medusa came to be is numerous. The most famous must be with her and Athena.
One day three beautiful women served as priestest in Athenas temple. One day Poseidan showed love to one priestest, Medusa. They dated in Athenas temple and Athena was so angry over Medusa's disrespect that she turned her in to a monster along with her sisters.
Who did Medusa marry in the Greek mythologhy?
She didn't. However she did, according to Ovid have a sexual relationship with the God, Poseidon in Athena's temple. Upon seeing which, the enraged Goddess turned the beautiful Medusa into a hideous monster.
Where was Medusa when Perseus killed her?
Medusa was in North Africa Answer 2: She was asleep in her cave, wherever that was.
Do you have a picture of Medusa's hair?
Click link below to find the site of Caravaggio. If necessary scroll down a bit to see his painting of Medusa,
What were Medusa's responsibilities?
Medusa really didn't have any responsibilities. She was a monster that turned people to stone whenever they looked at her.
he had help from Hermes and Athena to guide him to the underworld
What is the story of Athena and Medusa?
Athena caught Medusa and Poseidon in her temple. Athena was pledged never to marry, so she took this as an insult. She then turned Medusa's hair into snakes.
When was Medusa born and when did she die?
Way back in the bronze age, before they had dates nailed down. However Medusa was one of the first monsters killed by a hero in Greek mythology. All previous monsters were killed by Gods.
Actually, Medusa wasn't a goddess. She was a human who got caught with Poseidon in Athena's temple and when Athena found out, she cursed Medusa and her two sisters to become gorgons. Whenever someone would look at these women, they would turn to stone.
Explain the difference between a polyp and a Medusa?
A polyp is anchored to substrate, like a rock or piece of coral. Anemones are polyps. They catch food with their tentacles and have the mouth on the upside.
A medusa is swimming freely. Jellyfish are medusa stages. They catch food with their trailing tentacles and have the mouth on the downside.
You can view polyps as the settled ´plant´ and medusa as the free-floating ´seed´, like in a dandelion. Though they aren´t plants at all, of course.
What was Medusa's habitat like?
Medusa was isolated on a island. The island had once been her home. She turned every one into stone. Medusa had once been a very beautiful woman. So beautiful that men had compared her to Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. Aphrodite heard these men and became jealous of Medusa. To get rid of her competition, Aphrodite changed the beautiful into a being so hideous that her gaze would turn a person to stone.
Medusa was the daughter of the ancient sea deities, Phorcys and Ceto.
The later classical poets write that Athena transformed Medusa into a monster as punishment for having sex with Poseidon in her shrine, although the earlier writers portray her as a monster from a monstrous family.
