Medusa | |
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Title | |
The Cursed Gorgon | |
Vital Statistics | |
Gender | Female |
Family | |
Status | Reforming |
Eye Color | Green |
Hair Color | Green Snakes |
Height | Unknown |
Other | |
Affiliation |
Independant |
Weapons |
Her Head |
Species | Gorgon |
Home |
Unknown |
Greek/Roman form | None |
Appearances |
None |
Actor | None |
Quests |
None |
Medusa (Μέδυσα in Ancient Greek) is a gorgon, and can petrify people to stone when they look her directly in her eyes.
History[]
She is a daughter of Phorcys and Keto and was once a priestess of Athena. She also had an affair with Poseidon. She was once a ravishingly beautiful maiden before Athena cursed her. After Medusa and Poseidon desecrated Athena's virgin temple and they were caught, Athena cursed Medusa and her sisters; Euryale and Stheno. Her hair was turned to snakes and her eyes green, and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone.
She had a child with Poseidon, Chrysaor, who was born from her neck, and another child, Pegasus, in some myths; though others say Pegasus was born from Poseidon and Demeter, who was born from her blood when Perseus beheaded her.
For centuries afterwards her only company were her statues, and many warriors seeked to take her head as their own weapon, including Alexander the Great.
Appearance[]
Medusa is described as a tall, old woman with wrinkled, mouldy colored skin and snakes for hair with long, wrinkled hands. She wears a long black gown, and her face is covered with a black veil. In disguise, her body looks normal, but once she takes the disguise off, she had green snakes instead of hair. Medusa used to be a beautiful woman that had sexual relations with Poseidon.
Personality[]
She hates Athena and her children greatly for what Athena did to her, turning her into a monster. She has a soft spot for Poseidon though. This thing also led to one of the most important reason Athena resents Poseidon; he desecrated her temple with Medusa by meeting her there. This is why Medusa harbors a strong hatred against the family of Athena.
Abilities[]
- If someone looks into her eyes, they will turn to stone. She is said to petrify people because of her ugliness.
- The snakes in her hair are probably poisonous, so she can use these as an offensive weapon.
- Her hands turn into sharp claws that can tear through steel.
- She has an extremely persuasive voice; she can Charmspeak.
Her head can still be used to petrify people after it has been removed from her body.
Known Victims of Medusa[]
- Acrisius: Perseus used Medusa's head to petrify him