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Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα (Médousa), "guardian, protectress") was a monstrous chthonic female character; gazing upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon, until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity and today, the image of the head of Medusa finds expression in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion. She also has two gorgon sisters. The three Gorgon sisters — Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale — were children of Typhon and Echidna, in each case chthonic monsters from an archaic world.

In a late version of the Medusa myth, related by the Roman poet Ovid (Metamorphoses 4.770), Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden, "the jealous aspiration of many suitors," priestess in Athena's temple, but when she was raped by the "Lord of the Sea" Poseidon in Athena's temple, the enraged goddess transformed her beautiful hair to serpents and she made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn a man to stone.

A old draw for Myths & Legends TCG... this pic was a bit more special, cause i LOVE castlevania and more than the myth, forme she is one of the big boss of the game XD,lol, sry... also, is inspired in one of the movie character who scared me the most when i was a kid (lol), the Medusa from Clash of the titans OMFG, i cant take it away from my nightmares XD stop motion rocks over CG.

Photoshop CS/Intuos/7 hours and a half/music: bloody tears-castlevania (haha, sry,when i sit to draw this pic, this song was stucked in my head XD, for every castlevania fan this song is THE SONG!!... btw, castlevania IV is still my favorite on the saga

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~bronzesword Apr 8, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Powerful compositon!

~chimbleysbiggestfan Mar 23, 2013 Student Artist

omygohd dat so creepy

~PurpleSweets Feb 16, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Evil, playful & killer looks, Love It!!!!

~amadrabbit Dec 24, 2012

I'm getting a Medusa tattoo and wanted to use this as a reference. Because of the placement, I'd need to make alterations to the positioning of her body and I wanted your permission!

*Y-Mangaka Dec 11, 2012 Hobbyist

forgive my own snake but...
DAT ASSSSSS !! B€

one thing for sure bout that Medusa, her eyes will be alot easier to look at.

~ShadowTSH Nov 3, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

its akward how shes actually kinda pretty for a monster in this. shesalso more in shape then me XD

~poison2ivy Oct 18, 2012

Awesome...love your work!

~KeirTanaka Oct 18, 2012

Let me get this straight: She was "punished" for being "raped" in Athena's temple...by Athena herself, who turned her into the Medusa pictured above(which is mostly what ALL of us envision when we hear her name)then the added punishment of turning all men who look at her into stone!?!

~spiderxand Oct 14, 2012

If only she looked like that in Clash of the Titans. SIGH.

~Trocadero Sep 12, 2012

Ahh, medusa-sideboob! Now only a certain, important part of my anatomy turned into stone...

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