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Medusa
Greece · Aegean Sea
A cursed Gorgon whose gaze could turn warriors into stone.
Medusa began as one of the most haunting figures of Greek myth: a woman transformed into a Gorgon, her hair becoming living snakes and her face becoming a weapon. Heroes feared her not because she hunted armies, but because a single direct look could end a life. Perseus defeated her by watching only her reflection, turning the monster's own terror into a tactical puzzle.
Greek Gorgon myth in the Perseus cycle: mortal sister of Stheno and Euryale, beheaded by Perseus; the
Athena/Poseidon transformation is a later Ovidian strand.
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