Friday, 19 March 2021

CREATURES OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY – MEDUSA

 

Medusa was one of the daughters of Phorkys and Keto

Sea monsters who spawned many monsters and drakon's

Who were the children of the gods Gaia and Okeanos

And She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons

 

Medusa of the three was by far the most beautiful gorgon

Unlike her sisters Sthenno and Euryale she was mortal

And she loved the god Poseidon and when they met one day  

Together they desecrated the goddess Athena’s temple

 

She was punished by having her hair turned into snakes

And made so ugly that any mortal who looked at Medusa

Would be turned instantly to stone even after her death

Perseus cut off her head as she slept and gave it to Athena

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