Like all Inhumans, Medusa's immune system is weaker than that of an average human.

However, due to her frequent ventures into the outside world, Medusa's immune system has been strengthened until it is no longer as weak as that of her fellow Inhumans.

In the film, the monster is called a Kraken, although it is depicted as a lizard-like creature rather than a squid ; and combining two elements of the myth, Perseus defeats the sea monster by showing it Medusa's face, turning the monster into stone.

One is that they sprang from the blood issuing from Medusa's neck as Perseus was beheading her, similar to the manner in which Athena was born from the head of Zeus.

The monumental Protoattic amphora from the middle of the 7th century BC, with the depiction of Medusa's beheading by Perseus and the blinding of Polyphemos by Odysseus and his companions on its neck, is kept in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis which is located inside the archaeological site of Eleusis.

In many stories, Euryale is noted for her bellowing cries, particularly in the tale of Medusa's death at Perseus ' hands.

Italian sculptors whose work is held by the museum include: Bartolomeo Bon, Bartolomeo Bellano, Luca della Robbia, Giovanni Pisano, Donatello, Agostino di Duccio, Andrea Riccio, Antonio Rossellino, Andrea del Verrocchio, Antonio Lombardo, Andrea Riccio, Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, Andrea della Robbia, Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, Michelangelo ( represented by a freehand wax model and casts of his most famous sculptures ), Jacopo Sansovino, Alessandro Algardi, Antonio Calcagni, Benvenuto Cellini ( Medusa's head dated c1547 ), Agostino Busti, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Giacomo della Porta, Giambologna ( Samson Slaying a Philistine ( Giambologna ) c1562, his finest work outside Italy ), Bernini ( Neptune and Triton c1622 – 3 ), Giovanni Battista Foggini, Vincenzo Foggini ( Samson and the Philistines ), Massimiliano Soldani Benzi, Antonio Corradini, Andrea Brustolon, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Innocenzo Spinazzi, Canova, Carlo Marochetti and Raffaelle Monti.

Crystal ( who later became the wife of the Avenger Quicksilver ) is Medusa's younger sister.

This is the first time that the Fantastic Four have been defeated in battle and Medusa's capture of Sue Storm made it all possible.

It is revealed by Luna, Crystal's daughter, that Maximus had somehow implanted a " darkness " into Medusa's mind that was affecting her actions.

Medusa's thoughts at the time, however, reveal that she is not in control of her actions and that she only loves Black Bolt.

She possesses the psychokinetic ability to animate her hair for a number of feats, including elongating it to almost twice its normal length ( Medusa's hair is approximately in length when relaxed ), and using her hair to lift and move heavy weights ( up to 1. 6 tons ); a portion of her hair must be used to anchor the rest at these greater weights, so that more than her scalp / skull is used as a brace.

Along with Crystal, the Inhuman Gorgon is female and also Medusa's sister.

Medusa's response is to sarcastically twirl her finger in the air while saying " Freedom in 4010, ring-a-ding-ding ...".

He is currently Medusa's right-hand man and his arsenal includes gas grenades and a bazooka that shoots pearl-based shots.

Le piège de Méduse (" Medusa's trap ") is a short play of which Erik Satie wrote both the text and the incidental music.

* The Thief: This enemy is more of an annoyance than a threat, as he can snatch items from the player, including valuable items to be exchanged for a key, like the Golden Fleece or Medusa's head.

Also, Medusa's head is a powerful temporary weapon that can be used against enemies to turn them into stone, permanently.

In punishment for the desecration of her temple, Athena had changed Medusa's hair into hideous snakes " that she may alarm her surprised foes with terror ".

The name caput medusae ( Latin for " head of Medusa ") originates from the apparent similarity to Medusa's hair once Athena had turned it into snakes.

* David Colson-" Medusa's Eye " ( 2005 ) for guitar and vibraphone

Jim Danforth's model animation of the Loch Ness Monster, the Giant Serpent, Medusa's snake hair were nominated for an Academy Award.

Athena needs Medusa's head in exchange for a key.

* The constellation Pegasus, who was born from the stump of Medusa's neck, after Perseus had decapitated her

Chrysaor and Pegasus were said to be born from the drops of Medusa's blood which fell in the sea ; others say that they sprang from Medusa's neck as Perseus beheaded her, a " higher " birth ( such as the birth of Athena from the head of Zeus ).

Perseus could safely cut off Medusa's head without turning to stone by looking only at her reflection in the shield.

One night, Athena appeared in front of her ; at the sight of Medusa's head which was worked in the goddess ' garment, Iodame turned into stone.

Ovid's account of Medusa's mortality tells that she had once been a woman, vain of her beautiful hair, who had lain with Poseidon in the Temple of Athena.

By viewing Medusa's reflection in his polished shield, he safely approached and cut off her head.

From her neck sprang Pegasus (" he who sprang ") and Chrysaor (" bow of gold "), the result of Poseidon and Medusa's meeting.

In a late version of the Medusa myth, related by the Roman poet Ovid ( Metamorphoses 4. 770 ), Medusa was originally a ravishingly beautiful maiden, " the jealous aspiration of many suitors ," priestess in Athena's temple, but when she was caught being raped by the " Lord of the Sea " Poseidon in Athena's temple, the enraged Athena transformed Medusa's beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone.

" Psychoanalysis continue archetypal literary criticism to the present day: Beth Seelig analyzes Medusa's punishment from the aspect of the crime of having been raped rather than having willingly consented in Athena's temple as an outcome of the goddess ' unresolved conflicts with her own father, Zeus.

As Perseus and his party set to return, Calibos enters their camp and punctures the cloak carrying Medusa's head, causing her blood to produce giant scorpions.

" furnished with golden tassels and bearing the Gorgoneion ( Medusa's head ) in the central boss.

According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with it in his hand.

A variation of this story holds that they were formed from the mingling of Medusa's blood, Pain and sea foam, implying that Poseidon had involvement in their making.

In Ovid's telling, Perseus revealed Medusa's head, turning Atlas to stone ( those very mountains ) when he tried to drive him away, as a prophecy said that a son of Zeus would steal the golden apples.

In this version the blood of Medusa had the healing power while the lethal poison originated from Medusa's serpents.

McInnerney in The American President ; sinister future president Greg Stillson in The Dead Zone ; the President in the two-part TV movie, Medusa's Child ; and fictional Democratic president Josiah " Jed " Bartlet in the acclaimed television drama, The West Wing.

Chrysaor and Pegasus were not born until Perseus chopped off Medusa's head.

While fleeing across the Libyan desert from angry sisters of the slain Gorgon Medusa, Mopsus died from the bite of a viper that had grown from a drop of Medusa's blood.

In another version, Perseus used Medusa's head to turn Cetus to stone.

Medusa had copulated with Poseidon ( Roman Neptune ) in a temple of Athena after he was aroused by the golden color of Medusa's hair.

He took out Medusa's head from a sack and turned Acrisius and his court to stone.

After Perseus killed Medusa, rescued Andromeda, and later showed Medusa's head to Polydectes turning him and the nobles with him to stone, he made Dictys king.

Medusa's first name was Hall's Mills after those first settlers.

From the Hesperides he received a knapsack ( kibisis ) to safely contain Medusa's head.

At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was turned to stone by the sight of Medusa's head that Perseus had kept.