Medusa

Welcome to the Medusa Page!Here, you will learn all about Medusa.

=== Medusa wasn’t always ugly. Medusa became how she is because she got punished by Athena. She went to Athena to get sun because where she lived, the sun never visited. When Athena said no to her little journey, Medusa went back and bragged about how Athena was too jealous of her beauty so she could not do the trip. Athena got mad and turned her into an ugly beast with snakes for hair and whenever someone looked into her eyes they turned to stone. She was born from Gaia and Okeanos. She also has two other sisters, Sthenno and Euryale. Before she got turned in to a beast she was with Neptune(Zeus) and another myth said she interacted with Poseidon once she turned in to the beast, she turned them in to stone. Plus she has a son, Pegasus. In the story, her personality traits are that she brags a lot and that she gets mad when she does not get what she wants. For example, she lives north where the sunlight never reaches. So she wants to experience what sunlight looks like. Some of her skills, symbols, and weapons/clothing are her snake hair and stone turning eyes. In addition, her skills are that she is a good bragger and can turn people into stone. ===

Impacts on Life Today: === Medusa has many impacts on our life today, but one in particular stands out to me, Medusa’s Hair Salon. This is used because of her crazy hair, so this shop will fix crazy hair that has been created. Also, there is one more, Medusa’s night club. It is called, "Medusa Chicago.” They called it this because the people are going to get stuck there and never want to leave. Just like Medusa turned people into stone and they could never leave. These are some impacts that Medusa had on the future. They are small, but they helped a lot of people come to these places. (Medusa was also a famous singer.) ===

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/bogan/medusamyth.htm:
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http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/greece/m-story-medusa-and-athena.htm
=== Medusa starts at Athena’s home. She works there with her two sisters, Sthenno and Euryale. So this makes a total of three children that Gaia has. The story’s main characters are Athena, Medusa, Perseus, and the sisters. Medusa has a mistake of bragging about her beauty and making Athena mad because she said that the only reason she did not let Medusa go see the sun was because she was jealous of her beauty. So, because Medusa did this, Athena turned her into an ugly beast. The moral of the story is not to brag or be too selfish. ===

10 Interesting Facts are...

 * 1) === Was a mortal ===
 * 2) === Was once beautiful ===
 * 3) === Most powerful creature ===
 * 4) === Medusa means ruler or queen ===
 * 5) === Athena told Perseus to kill her ===
 * 6) === Wanted to see the sun ===
 * 7) === Bragged a lot ===
 * 8) === Winged daemons ===
 * 9) === Vain and foolish ===
 * 10) === Always looked in the mirror and admired her beauty ===

Work Cited:
 * === //Medusa in Myth and Literary History//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. ===

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> === //The Story of Medusa and Athena//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2012 === > === . ===
 * === //The Medusa Frequency// . N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. . ===
 * === //Medusa : Analysis//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . ===
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 * === //the medusa//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . ===
 * === //iurgh//. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2012. . ===
 * === //THE GORGONS//. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. . ===
 * === //MEDOUSA & GORGONES//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Apr. 2012. . ===