Medusa In Greek Mythology

There are many monsters in Greek Mythology, but Medusa has a unique background. Although many think of Medusa as a ugly woman with snakes for hair, she was not born this way. In fact she was born to Phorcys, a sea god, as one of three Gorgon sisters. Unlucky, however, because both her sisters were immortal, but she was not as fortunate. She vowed never to marry or have a relationship, and became a priestess of Athena. However, she broke this sacred promise when she was seduced by Poseidon in one of Athena’s temples and later married him. When Athena found out about this she was outraged and turned Medusa from beautiful to hideous. Her golden hair turned into vicious snakes and her soft skin became green and rough. Athena also her shamed by everyone and gave her the famous curse. The curse is that anyone who looks upon her will
A boy named Perseus was thrown out of the kingdom where he stood as a prince, he and his mother were sent to another island. The King of the island wanted to marry his Perseus’ mom. She did not want to do so and Perseus was behind her, so the king tasked Perseus with killing Medusa and bringing him her head. This was a tricky objective obviously meant to be very time consuming because Medusa was not known to be in one spot. There are a group of witches, called the Fates, that known everything, like the location of Medusa, so Perseus came to them with his dilemma. The Fates are tricky and did not want to tell Perseus were Medusa was so he devised a plan to grab their one eye, between the three, and hold it captive until they conceded and gave him her whereabouts. While on the way to Medusa, Perseus ran into Hermes, God of Commerce, who gave him flying shoes, a sword, and a shield to help him slay Medusa. When he got to her cave he went inside and Medusa and her two sisters were asleep, so he cut off all of their heads while remembering not to look at Medusa’s head. That is how Medusa was