Medusa-King

Medusa  __Origins__ - Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Ceto, who were the children of Gaia and Okeanos. - She was one of three sisters. Their names were Euryale and Stheno. - She was the only mortal out of the three. - Before she was cursed by the goddess Athena, she was once very beautiful.



__Appearance__ (after being cursed by Athena) - She was very ugly and her body was covered in scales. - Her hair was replaced with living snakes. - Anyone who looked at her would be turned to stone, including herself



__Mythological Stories__ 1) Medusa was once a beautiful maiden and she took great pride in her beauty. This made Athena angry, especially after she caught Medusa and Poseidon in her temple. In order to punish Medusa, Athena cursed her by turning her hair into living snakes and by making her ugly. She also made sure that whenever anyone ever looked at her, they would turn into stone, including Medusa. Athena also punished her by sending her to guard the entrance to the underworld with her sisters so that no one accidentally looked at her.

2) Eventually, the hero Perseus set out to go and kill the monster. With the help of Athena and Hermes, he cut off her head using a mirror that the gods provided him with so that he would not have to look directly at her. Even after her head was cut off, Perseus could still not look at it because it still had its petrifying ability. He then gave the head to Athena who then placed it on the center of her Aegis.



__Importance__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: justify;">Medusa represents that you should not be obsessed with yourself and you should be more focused on helping others instead of yourself.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">__Modern References__ media type="youtube" key="K-Y4q2m9OFE?rel=0" height="315" width="560"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: justify;">Video Background: This video is a scene from the movie Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. In this video Percy is trying to figure out a way to kill Medusa and although it is not shown in this scene, he does eventually cut off her head using the back of his iPhone as a mirror.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">__Sources__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: justify;">@http://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Medusa/medusa.html || @http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Gorgones.html || @http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/medusa.html || @http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gorgons.html || @http://messagenetcommresearch.com/myths/bios/gorgon.html || http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/gg/creature.html#Gorgons || [] || @http://www.helium.com/items/975844-story-of-medusa-in-greek-mythology