Medusa was one of the three Gorgon sisters (the others being Stheno and Euryale) who were born to the primordial sea gods Phorcys and Ceto in the caverns beneath Mount Olympus.

When Medusa was sexually assaulted by Neptune in the temple of Athena, the goddess was offended and transformed Medusa, and her sisters who defended her, into bloodthirsty monsters. They were each cursed with hideous looks, including snakes for hair, which would turn anyone who looked at them directly, into stone.

Medusa became the most famous of the three gorgons because the Greek hero Perseus cut off her head and used it to save Princess Andromeda, by turning a huge sea creature into stone.

The amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with her head in his hand. In addition when Medusa was beheaded, her sons Pegasus and Chrysaor were born.

In addition to snake-like hair, the original versions of the Gorgons had wings, claws and scaly skin.

All published appearances of Medusa from before January 1, )-(95)}} are in the public domain in the US.

Notable appearances include:

*The Theogony
*The Metamorphoses by Ovid

*Adventures into the Unknown #49
*Jumbo Comics #31
*Pep Comics #46
*The Beyond #8
*Prize Comics #52
*Ghost Comics #10
*Eerie #8

*The Gorgon's Head (1925)

*RuneSword II (2001)

*Captain Marvel Jr. #2
*Thrilling Romances #12
*Mystery Men Comics #24
*Pep Comics #45
*Yankee Comics #3
*Bulls Eye Comics #11
*Mister Mystery #15
*Weird Terror #3, 7
*Weird Horrors #5
*Tomb of Terror #5

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medusa Wikipedia]
*[http://www.comicvine.com/medusa/4005-20976/ ComicVine]
*[https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Gorgones.html Theoi]
*Myths in Media Wiki
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