#legend of Medusa

[misspjsuperior]

Medusa, the OG stonergirl 👁️🪨 Almost all of us are familiar with her legendary petrifying gaze. It is mentioned in the earliest records of Medusa and her monstrous gorgon family. What is also mentioned in ancient texts by 500 BC is that unlike her immortal family, Medusa was mortal as well as remarkably beautiful. The origin story of how she got her defensive power comes much later from the Roman poet Ovid during the turn of the common era. Yep, dude lived through the turnover from BC to now times. Ovid wrote that Neptune found Medusa in a temple to Minerva, goddess of war and intellect, and forced himself upon her. When Minerva found out, Neptune blamed Medusa for coming on to him. Because Medusa was a gorgon and not a fellow god like her uncle Neptune, Minerva chooses to punish Medusa by giving her a gorgon figure like her sisters, with snakes for hair. 🐍 As a result of the betrayal, Medusa’s gaze turns men to stone. Relatable to sexual assault survivors, Medusa has become a symbol of righteous rage for many feminists. We can understand Ovid’s version as a critique on power when we look at history and realize that he was in resistance to political corruption in ancient Rome.

Obviously, and sadly, this critique’s relevance to society both predated Ovid’s time and has followed into modernity. Ovid’s myth shaping also demonstrates how storytelling and art can shape historical and mythological memory in society, how concepts of divinity and the personas projected upon these divine forces in the form of gods are forged from human imagination in order to make sense of not just the workings of nature but of relationships within civilization.

An an artist I have taken my own liberties with the Medusa myth in self portraiture. Playing with the “stoning” powers of Medusa’s gaze, I’ve drawn a “stoner” tattoo on her wrist as she burns one down. This is also in acknowledgment to the Ovidian origin story in which Medusa is explained as an assault survivor with a nod to how cannabis has been a clinically proven medicine for PTSD in association to such experiences and yet remains often vilified similarly to Medusa.

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[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Nathan J Anderson.

[whoishotteranimepolls]

"Who's Hotter?" Pride Month Event: Canon & Coded Lesbian & Bi

[missagonyy]

Here’s a collection of my favorite sketches from 2024!

In 2025, who knows — maybe I’ll finally do that Mythology g/t Story I’ve always wanted to do. I think I’m ready now 🫣😊

[odditycircus-2002]

Medusa!Reader in the style of Mortal Kombat Legends series!

Can you see that I designed them so that they match their husband?

Also I went with this design choice cause I thought it’d be the easiest to emulate😁

[exsofa]

where to look

[linked-across-dimensions]

LAD Medusa

Himmm (yes. This is a guy)

HW Hilda :D (I don't care if HW Hilda isn't a real thing let me have my fun XD)

i drew him so late at night, I was so tired

(uhm you can't see em well but he has hoop earrings and snake bites (the piercings))

[gooberto]

Long time, no niche random bullshit art post!

I doubt this is a take anyone cares about, but I'm just putting it out there: I think it's a real shame that we only ever saw the full-body original design for Kid Icarus's Medusa in the game manual and a few magazines, because I kind of love it? It's the exact same genre of early video game villain design as guys like Ganon, Bowser, and King Dedede, but a girl one, and something about that is really unique and fun.

Anyway, my brain went places while thinking about what to draw her doing and now I think something silly like this should have happened in Captain N, or maybe one of the German Club Nintendo comics.

[lucilassie]

MYTHS & MORTALS

[sarafangirlart]

Every Medusa retelling looks like this to me

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of Quinton Hoover.

[tiffanysabrinatattoo]

Theory and Practice of Design (1894) Frank G. Jackson

[goldberry-edition]

Me as a kid: When I grow up, I'll be a princess

Me all grown up:

[missagonyy]

Male Gorgon

I’ve tried multiple times to draw a male Gorgon, but I always add too many snakes, haha. Oh well, here’s the Gorgon anyways. His eyes are kinda creepy open, then again - you shouldn’t be looking a Gorgon in the eyes anyway 😅🐍

👁️👁️

[briefbestiary]

Deadly beings to look at. The mortal Gorgon, Medusa, was famously slain by the hero Perseus shortly after he swindled the location of their home from their nearby sisters, the Graeae. There, from the blood of spewing from her neck, her sons Pegasus and Chrysaor were born. Far later, the Roman poet Ovid painted Medusa and her sisters in a completely different light. Rather than being born monsters, in Ovid's telling Medusa and her sisters were cursed by Athena due to Medusa being violated by Poseidon in Athena's temple.