the story of medusa, hated until her death?
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in this post I want to talk about a interesting character of the greek mythology and it is medusa.
most part of the people look at her like a monster but, what is her real story?
I heard and I read about this particular character and now I want to share my knowlegde about her and very soon about more character of this mythology
there are 2 versions about Medusa, but I liked this one:
Medusa was a beautiful woman, her beauty stood out above her sisters the gorgonas, because she was the only normal and mortal
the people said that she was more beautiful than every goddess and the gods admired her beauty
and for that the goddess Atenea for her envy she cursed her, Medusa lost her hair and instead to grow hair grow snakes, her eyes lost her color and were gray and she had bronce brazalet that no one could take it off
but that no was enough for hoard the beauty of Medusa, therefore Atena cursed her one more time, and after of that last cursed no one could see her directly beacuse everyone who see her eyes was pretificated, and she was exiled to the galapagos island (the monster island)
one day the goddess Atenea entrusted a mission to Perseo to kill Medusa, Perseo went to the island, he was waiting her in a cave, Medusa fell aslep and he cut her head, and from her neck one of her children was born, Pegaso (yep, the winged horse) and the another child was in her belly waiting to born, Criasor.
Perseo used her head to his futures fights because the curse was still, after of that it was given to Atenea for used in her shield to her fights.
and of this way Medusa for the simple fact to be beautiful was cursed and murdered.
Link: https://www.theodysseyonline.com/horrible-tale-medusa
but there is another version of this, no too far from the another version told:
Medusa was a gorgona and was a priestess in the temple of Atenea, but she was different from her sisters because she had the characteristics of a mortal and she was more beautiful than them.
her beauty was so strong that poseidon fall in love with her, and he seduced her (or rape in other stories) in the temple of Atenea.
the anger of Atenea was to strong that she punishment Medusa, converting it in a monster, with metallics hands, fangs, snakes instead of hair and her eyes that emitted a light than made those who looked her directly were petrificated
for that reason, Medusa was exiled, of that relation with Poseidon there was a pregnancy, for that reason Atenea ordered to Perseo to murder her
Perseo cut her head while she was slept, and born her sons, Pegaso and Criasor
the head of Medusa was used for Atenea like a shield for her battles and her blood was saved, the left vein was a mortal posion and the right vein had healing characteristics and said that it resurrected the dead.
that versions are nor too far but it is so interesting, it show Medusa like a monster that have the power to petrify anyone, but is something more interesting of that
So tell me reader, what version do you prefer? Cursed and murdered for her beauty or for being used by one God and punished by another?