The Medusa Reader (Culture Work (Paperback))

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Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). ISBN 069022608X. Her,” Poseidon spoke, his voice so deep it felt like it would rattle your bones. The head priest seems confused, before he notices that Poseidon is squatted in front of you. He gripped your chin tightly, holding your head up so he could stare into your gaze with piercing sea blue eyes, “I will choose her as my bride.” Walker, Barbara G. (1996). The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths & Secrets. New Jersey: Castle Books. ISBN 0785807209 This is a love story, and it’s written for fun which means I might not have done all the necessary research and it will not be strictly accurate. Elana Dykewomon's 1976 collection of lesbian stories and poems, They Will Know Me by My Teeth, features a drawing of a Gorgon on its cover. Its purpose was to act as a guardian for female power, keeping the book solely in the hands of women. Stephen Wilk, author of Medusa: Solving the Mystery of the Gorgon, questioned Medusa's enduring status among the feminist movement. He believes that one reason for her longevity may be her role as a protector, fearsome and enraged. "Only the Gorgon has the savage, threatening appearance to serve as an immediately recognized symbol of rage and a protector of women's secrets," wrote Wilk. [28]

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Main article: Cultural depictions of Medusa and Gorgons An embossed plaque in the Art Nouveau style from 1911 Perseus with the Head of Medusa (1554), Benvenuto Cellini Medusa (c. 1597), by Caravaggio Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, obverse of a terracotta pelike (jar) attributed to Polygnotos (vase painter) (c. 450–440 BC), collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Pratt, A. (1994). Archetypal empowerment in poetry: Medusa, Aphrodite, Artemis, and bears: a gender comparison. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20865-3 The tides have fallen and risen, the seaside has been silent except for the rushing sounds of waves and the distant sounds of a morose young woman.Jazzmaniandevil Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Record of Ragnarok (Manga), Record of Ragnarok (Anime) Probably the feminine present participle of medein, "to protect, rule over" ( American Heritage Dictionary; compare Medon, Medea, Diomedes, etc.). If not, it is from the same root, and is formed after the participle. OED 2001 revision, s.v.; medein in LSJ. Bullfinch, Thomas. "Bulfinch Mythology– Age of Fable– Stories of Gods & Heroes". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07 . Retrieved 2007-09-07. ...and turning his face away, he held up the Gorgon's head. Atlas, with all his bulk, was changed into stone.

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When everything went downhill, so did the Queen. Language: English Words: 94,853 Chapters: 13/? Comments: 4 Kudos: 37 Bookmarks: 10 Hits: 2,299According to Hesiod and Aeschylus, she lived and died on Sarpedon, somewhere near Cisthene. The 2nd-century BC novelist Dionysios Skytobrachion puts her somewhere in Libya, where Herodotus had said the Berbers originated her myth as part of their religion. The legend of Perseus beheading Medusa means, specifically, that "the Hellenes overran the goddess's chief shrines" and "stripped her priestesses of their Gorgon masks", the latter being apotropaic faces worn to frighten away the profane. Higgins’s own volume is illustrated by the Turner prize-winning Chris Ofili, whose drawings are charming and airy, suggestive in spirit of Matisse’s pencil sketches. While they undoubtedly beautify an already alluring object, the deeper Higgins leads the reader into her forest of tales, the less necessary they feel. Full of rage and self-loathing, Medusa grows ravenous for connection, ‘a girl on the edge’