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La regina delle gorgoni, Medusa

1 dicembre 2009 |

Autore: rola1961

Medusa, creatura della mitologia greca, figlia della divinità del mare Forco, e di Ceto, divinità dell’oceano.

Tra le tre sorelle, chiamate gorgoni, è la sola ad essere mortale. Le altre due sorelle sono Steno ed Euriale.

Secondo la leggenda Poseidone si inamorò di Medusa e la portò con sè nel tempio di Atena, dea della saggezza; per vendetta la dea trasformò i capelli della ragazza in serpenti e le fece un sortilegio per cui gli occhi di Medusa erano in grado di pietrificare chiunque li avesse guardati.

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Pubblicato in Creature fantastiche: mitologia, leggende, fiabe e tradizioni popolari |

Tag: gorgoni, medusa, medusa gorgone, mitologia greca, pegaso |

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