While the lock of hair itself didn’t have the power to petrify a rival warrior, it would strike a terrible fear into the heart of anyone who had the misfortune of seeing it.While Medusa was wrongfully punished by Athena and forced to live the rest of her life as a terrible monster, she experiences some redemption in death. Another one of Pegasus’ powers is that he is known to have been able to make magical and inspiring fountains and springs come up from the Earth whenever he struck his hooves against the ground. One strand of hair, 2-feet long, can support 6.4 pounds, a list-sized lock of hair can support about 750 pounds and her whole head of hair can lift about 3,200 pounds (1.6 tons). Her father, Phorcys, was known to be a primordial sea god who had a fish tail, crab-like forearms, and red, spiky skin. A portion of her hair must be used to anchor the rest at these greater weights, so that more than her scalp/skull is used as a brace.As yet Medusa has not manifested her psychokinetic powers in any way except the animation of her own hair. He is able to escape unseen thanks to his helm of invisibility. She possesses the psychokinetic ability to animate her hair for a number of feats, including elongating it to almost twice its normal length (Medusa's hair is approximately 6 feet (1.8 m) in length when relaxed), and using her hair to lift and move heavy weights (up to 1.6 tons); a portion of her … Through her passing, she gives the world important contributions to mythology and medicine while also providing the public with a new form of protection.As soon as Perseus cuts off Medusa’s head, her two children are born.
Poseidon and Medusa were intimately together in Athena’s temple, angering Athena. Speed, strength and durability are about equal important. These arrows deal a lower percent of her normal damage. He uses these gifts to help him conqueror Medusa. Others claim that she remained steadfast in her devotion to Athena. It was known to show great power and was even thought to imply divine lineage or protection. This is likely due in part to Zeus and Athena, who were both known to wear a Gorgoneion.Throughout time, the story of Medusa has gone on to inspire many great thinkers and artists.
Many versions claim that the sisters were transformed because they defend Medusa and undermine the will of Athena.
Together, they were known to have birthed some of the most fearsome creatures in Greek mythology.Ceto and Phorcys’ offspring included Echidna (mother of all monsters), the Gorgons, the Graeae (‘the grey withes’ – three sisters best known for sharing one eye amongst themselves), and Ladon (a dragon that guarded the golden apples in the Garden of the Medusa was one of the Gorgon sisters, though unlike Euryale and Stheno she was a mortal. There are varying accounts of how Euryale and Stheno became the feared Gorgons we see in literature, though many sources claim that the two sisters were turned into monsters for the perceived ‘crime’ of standing with Medusa instead of being compliant with Athena’s decision to punish her for being ravished in her temple.
He believed that the viewing of a woman’s genitals (especially a mother’s genitals) in their adult state would have posed a real terror for young men and thought that the story of Medusa could have been created to symbolize this idea.Freud compared Medusa as a fair maiden to the image of a mother in the eyes of the innocent before a young boy had seen adult female genitals. Perseus asked the Titan to allow him to rest, but Atlas refused and tried to attack him. Some versions claim that Medusa was swayed by Poseidon’s advances and developed feelings for him as well. Euryale’s cries echo through the island – an act for which she becomes most famous in mythology.Although Medusa’s story has some relevance and symbolism before her tragic end, she arguably has the most influence in her death. This is one of the first instances that Medusa’s powers have been used to show the protective nature of the Gorgons.While flying through Ethiopia, Perseus spies the young Princess Andromeda tied to a rock as a sacrifice to the When Perseus finally returns from his quest, King Polydectes is astonished to see the young hero alive. The first is that Medusa is no longer a virgin – though she was deflowered against her will. Although Medusa was a devout priestess to Athena, she was not protected from being violated by Poseidon and is unjustly punished for a situation she had no control over. However, she is also reclusive and does not leave her island often.Now that she has been transformed, there are many men that come to the island – no longer as suitors, but as hunters looking to behead her. Her hair, approximately 6 feet in length while relaxed, can elongate to almost twice its normal length with only about a 25% loss of overall tensile strength. The second is that because she lost her virginity to Poseidon (and is now pregnant by him) she is technically his wife according to the laws of the day. From They scour the island for Medusa’s killer but they are unable to find Perseus because of the gifts that were offered to him by the gods. Upon his birth from the beheading of Medusa, he is said to have ascended to the heavens where he was greeted by Zeus. The most important feature for the SHDB Class is Intelligence. In some variations her face is disfigured with a beard and fangs (other versions do not tell of this disfigurement) and finally, her hair is transformed into venomous nest of snakes. Medusa becomes pregnant and is both angered and confused.After being violated by Poseidon, Medusa is devastated.