Familiar with the name “Medusa”? I bet some of you recognized this Greek Gorgon, or monster, who have the hair of vicious snake. But have you know about the story how Medusa was exist? There are many versions of Medusa, but what I have always interested is that Medusa originally was a beautiful maiden, daughter of the ancient marine deities Phorcys and his sisterto from an archaic world (Yes, those Gods married their own relatives).Even though she has been recognized as a monster since born, people of Greek also recognized her beauty. Certain version told that the ravishingly beauty was certainly faithful to Athena and live at the Athena's temple. But, Poseidon (the God of Sea) who attracted to her, raped her. Although she has begged Athena to save her, there no answer to her prayer. And worse of all, Athena felt disgusted and enraged, transforming her beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone (or maybe they were mesmerized by her beauty and turned to stone, meh~)
More interesting facts is that after Perseus beheaded her using the sword from Hephaestus and Hades's helm of invisibility, a Pegasus, winged horse and Chrysaor, a golden sword-wielding giant sprang from her body. Both of them was believed to be Poseidon's children after he raped her. Other versions revealed that both Poseidon and Medusa were both in love and lovers, and Athena, who were enraged with Medusa whom always boasting about her beauty, turned her into the monster everyone known about.
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