#Medusa Head

[gears2gnomes]

AGDQ 2024 - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

"Climbing up the Clocktower."

[emaadsidiki]

Basilica Cistern & The Heads of Medusa

[tiffanysabrinatattoo]

Handbook of Ornament (1900) Franz Sales Meyer

[wwyptt]

Fearganainm and Stheno, a Dullahimbo and Gorgon head. Colored pencil and digital wash.

[versace2024]

[butterlaneantiques]

MEDUSA

Medusa is the best known of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. Our earliest reference to the Gorgons is found in Hesiod's Theogony, but it was Ovid who really fleshed out the story - in the Metamorphoses - where he describes Medusa in her youth: "Medusa once had charms; to gain her love A rival crowd of envious lovers strove. They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace More moving features in a sweeter face. Yet above all, her length of hair, they own, In golden ringlets wav'd, and graceful shone." Her beauty caught the eye of Poseidon, who forced himself upon her in a shrine to Athena. Athena was furious; she turned Medusa's hair into snakes, and made her face so hideous that anyone who saw it was instantly turned to stone (literally petrified). In most versions of the story, Medusa was killed by Perseus who was given various items to help him on his quest: a mirrored shield from Athena, a sword forged by Hephaestus, and Hades's helm of invisibility. While looking at the reflection in the shield, Perseus was able to behead the Gorgon, at which point Pegasus flew out of her severed neck. He went on to use her head - which retained its petrifying effect - as a weapon, using it to transform the Titan Atlas into stone (where he still stands in North Africa as the Atlas Mountains), before eventually giving it to Athena. Although Medusa is commonly regarded as a monster, her head has often been seen as a protective amulet to keep evil away. Indeed, the name Medusa comes from the ancient Greek word meaning "to guard or protect".

[gianniversacebrand]

[caveundertree]

Medusa

She gets a bad rap

Turns others to stone

Not all bad

Medusa head, Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey

[dayapandey]

The Medusa Heads are a special part of the Basilica Cistern, an old underground water tank in Istanbul, Turkey. These are two big heads of a mythical creature named Medusa, and they were used as bases for columns in the cistern. People think they put them there because they looked nice and had a special meaning. In ancient Greek stories, Medusa was a powerful figure, often used to protect sacred places from bad spirits. Including the Medusa Heads in the cistern might have been a way to make the structure strong and protective. Nowadays, these heads are a significant part of Istanbul's history, showing how ancient stories and art can still be interesting and important for people today.

[zarstarss]

PAPA'S SPECIAL BOY 🔥🔥🔥

+ extra detail shot bc why not

[orbitsab]

they’re innocent

[chocor0se]

op’s going to be the next oracle here cause this was posted before the episode aired-

You know what would be hilarious

instead of someone uses Medusas head on Gabe

he just sees the box on the table and opens it himself because he clearly had no boundaries with Sally’s stuff

[yanikzey]

Revenge.

Based on the statue of Medusa with the head of Perseus by  Luciano Garbati

[wanderinggoddess]

Louis Beheading Santiago

[boilingcowboy]

Grover witnessed Percy provoking the gods for the sake of Annabeth having her hat that’s important to her and immediately went “Wait no go back to hating each other please”. Like Grover saw what he created with getting Percy to get along with Annabeth and regretted it as soon as he got them to play nice

[kulturekouture]

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