Gorgon
Medusa
Μέδουσα
Overview
The mortal Gorgon whose gaze turned onlookers to stone.
Generation
Primordial descendants
Symbols
Serpents, petrifying gaze
Notes
Daughter of Phorcys and Ceto in Hesiodic genealogy.
Related Myths
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Perseus and Medusa
Mortal Gorgon slain by Perseus -
Perseus and Andromeda
Monster Perseus has killed immediately before encountering Andromeda -
Perseus and the Graeae
Gorgon whom Perseus is seeking when he encounters the Graeae