Medusa is known for being so ugly that if men even look at her face, they would immediately be turned into stone statues. Perseus was somehow able to overcome this challenge of killing her by looking at her reflection in a mirror.

Perseus, in Greek mythology, the slayer of the Gorgon Medusa and the rescuer of Andromeda from a sea monster. Because the gaze of Medusa turned all who looked at her to stone, Perseus guided himself by her reflection in a shield given him by Athena and beheaded Medusa as she slept.

Perseus takes the reflective bronze shield from Athena and holds it up to use as a mirror to locate Medusa. Walking backward towards Medusa, Perseus continues to hold the shield in the air to keep a clear view of Medusa, making sure to only look at Medusa in the shield.

In this popular version the Medusa is a monster with hair of a thousand snakes. She is under a curse which causes everything she looks at to turn to stone. Cixous explains that this monstrous image of the Medusa exists only because it has been directly determined by the male gaze.

If you looked Medusa into the eye, would you turn into stone? In the legend yes, you would be encased in stone forever if you had the misfortune of looking into her eyes. Some variations of the myth say the curse may be broken if her head is removed from her shoulders, killing her.

No, she can not. Zeus is the king of the gods, meaning he is in fact immortal. Medusa May turn any mortal being into stone when looked in her eye, but immortal beings will not be touched.

In Greek mythology, Medusa (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Greek: Μέδουσα “guardian, protectress”) also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone.

So the answer can depend on which version exactly you follow. But commonly, she was thought to have been cursed by Athena to have her hideous visage, snake-like hair and petrifying gaze. This occurred due to the outrage Athena felt when she learned that Poseidon had raped Medusa in one of her temples.

Athena has been depicted with snakes near her and with snake haired Medusa’s head upon her shield. This symbolically was to enforce Athena’s power of victory through death and destruction of the enemy.

Athena, also spelled Athene, in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva. She was essentially urban and civilized, the antithesis in many respects of Artemis, goddess of the outdoors.

Most of Athena’s interactions with mortals were positive, however, there was one interaction that showed a more jealous and aggressive Athena and that was her dealings with Arachne. Athena became offended and enraged towards Arachne and tore her tapestry and turned her into a spider.

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