Creature

Name: Medusa

Source: classical

Nature: mythical

Gender: female

Description: Initially a beautiful woman, Medusa was transformed into a monstrous gorgon whose hair was transformed into snakes after she was raped by Neptune in one of Minerva's temples. Anyone who gazed on her monstrous visage was turned into stone.

Images:

Botticelli, Sandro

Botticelli, Dis

Flaxman, John

Flaxman, Medusa