Medusa - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · Medusa, the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, was the most feared of the Gorgons. It was said that anyone who looked directly at her was immediately turned to stone. Medusa was often depicted as a terrifying winged female with snakes instead of hair.
Phorcys - Mythopedia
2023年9月6日 · Phorcys, son of Pontus and Gaia, was a Greek sea god. He fathered a host of mythological monsters with his sister-consort Ceto. Among these terrifying children—sometimes collectively known as the “Phorcides”—were the Gorgons and the Graeae.
Gorgons – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Even so, Medusa was undeniably powerful: anyone who looked upon her face was immediately turned to stone. In some traditions, the other Gorgons may have had this power as well. In the best-known traditions, Medusa’s head (or the head of some Gorgon, not always named) was cut off and placed upon the shield of Athena, known as the aegis.
Andromeda - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, was a beautiful princess of Ethiopia. Offered up as a sacrifice to Poseidon as punishment for her mother’s foolish boasts, Andromeda was rescued from death by Perseus, who took her back to Greece to be his queen.
Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
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Hades – Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · In one famous myth, he let the hero Perseus borrow this helmet so that he could sneak up on and kill Medusa. Hades was often represented riding a chariot driven by pitch-black horses. Among the other attributes of Hades were a scepter, the keys to the Underworld, a cornucopia, and Cerberus , the three-headed guard dog of the dead.
Perseus - Mythopedia
2023年7月3日 · Perseus Slays Medusa. Perseus was sent to kill Medusa by Polydectes, the king of Seriphos (Polydectes wanted the young man out of the picture so he could marry his mother Danae). The king thought that Perseus would be killed on his mission, since Medusa was a terrible Gorgon whose gaze turned people to stone.
Pegasus - Mythopedia
2023年3月24日 · The Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze famously turned humans to stone, was once a lover of the sea god Poseidon. When Perseus, the hero of Argos, beheaded Medusa, Pegasus was born from her blood, together with the Giant Chrysaor. Poseidon was usually named as the father of both creatures, even if the mechanics of his paternity were obscure at best.
Bellerophon - Mythopedia
2023年7月7日 · Bellerophon learned that he could not defeat the Chimera without the help of Pegasus, an immortal winged horse who had sprung from the blood of the beheaded Medusa. According to Pindar’s Olympian Ode 13, the most complete ancient account of Bellerophon’s capture of Pegasus, Bellerophon was helped in his task by Athena and the prophet ...
Creature Names - Mythopedia
Creature names: Origin, structure, and meaning. From the three-headed dragons of Greek myth to creepy crawlies, the world of fantasy creatures is an endless abundance of mystery.