In Greek mythology, Medusa was originally a beautiful woman but was cursed and transformed into a monster with snakes for hair who could turn anyone who looked at her to stone. She was one of three Gorgon sisters along with Stheno and Euryale. There are different accounts for why Medusa was cursed, either because she engaged in a sexual act with the god Poseidon or because she married him after being told it was forbidden.

1. Medusa

2. In Greek mythology Medusa
was a monster, generally
described as having the face
of a hideous human female
with living venomous snakes
in place of hair. She is known
as the person you couldn´t
look at, and if you did you
would turn into stone.

4. She originally was a very beautiful woman, but diffrent people say diffrent things about
why Medusa was cursed. Some say that the reason she got cursed was because she got
raped by Poseidon and his punishment was to get his wife cursed. Some people say
that she got cursed because she married Poseidon but she was told that she wasn’t
allowed to marry him.

5. Medusa in classical mythology
The three Gorgon sisters
were Medusa, Stheno and
Euryale.
In a late version of Medusa
myth, related by the
Roman poet Ovid, Medusa
was originally a beautiful
maiden.

6. Medusa was also the only of the three sisters who was mortal wich means that she can
die.