Sunday, February 19, 2017

Unknown Aspects of Medusa Legend

Medusa's story

Gorgolar three sisters. These brothers, who were described as winged monsters, were Sthenno, Euryale and Medusa. Sthenno and Euryale were immortal, Medusa was mortal. These three brothers lived beyond Okeanos, in a land close to night. Medusa was the most famous monster girl among the most famous.

I heard the name of Medusa in the mysterious darkness and humid air of the Basilica Cistern at about 12 years of age. Medusa stood upside down, washing his hair in the wetness of the cicada. Yes, it was called Medusa, but I was very strange to this island. I will share with you the information I will learn about archeology at that time, how I will learn Medusa's name hundreds of times, read articles about it and prepare a seminar, and see its illustrations in temples, statues, ceramics,

The name Madusa means lady manager, queen. Medusa, depicted as ugly in her descriptions, is actually mentioned in many ancient sources since the world is a beautiful girl. Why was this beautiful girl so ugly? Why was the ugly figure in the eyes of people when Medusa was called?

According to the historian Hesiodos, Poseidon, the god of the sea, fell in love with the beautiful Medusa, and took Medusa in bird sack and missed one of the temples of Goddess Athena. In this case, Athena was very angry and gave Medusa 's hair filled with snakes and turned the person who looked at her eyes into a stone. According to another narrative, Athena's sinew is not connected to Poseidon's unwarranted movement. In fact, Athena was so angry that Medusa would challenge her with her beauty, so she gave her an ugly look with her hair and eyes that turned it into a stone. For this reason, Medusa is known as a fearful gorgo.

It may be possible within this narrative to say that the term "stone-cut" today is actually based on Greek mythology. When we Turks are a stone in a moment of horror, we must know that we are the Medusa with serpentine hair that gives us fear.

Medusa, who does not get rid of it when she is beautiful, continues her misfortunes after she became ugly. If we come to the end of Medusa's treasure story, it will be in place that we should mention about his struggle with Perseus.

The king Akrisios learns that he will be killed by a grandfather of a prophecy, and his daughter Danae and his grandson (Perseus) close a chest and throw it into the sea. This crest is dragged up to Seriphos Island. The king of this island, Polydectes, falls in love with Danae. King Danae gives Perseus a hard task to get more comfortable without his son. He asks Perseus to bring Medusa's head.
Hermes (messenger god) and Athena help Perseus in this difficult task.

Hermes, Perseus; "Buy a magical hood, a magical bag, and a winged sandal (sandal) beside it, which makes your job easier." Athena, who helps Perseus, gives him a sickle-shaped sword (harpe) to make Medusa's head easier to cut. Moreover, the goodness of Athena does not stop with this, he gives Perseus his shield which is very precious to him and warns him; "Do not come to me with that monster!" "Otherwise you will be cut stone". "Use this mirror as a mirror, go back and approach Medusa and reflect your vision into your shield, so cut your head."

Perseus cuts the head of Medusa without looking at him, applying the words of Athena. (This scene is portrayed in many ceramic works), Pegasos (winged horse) and human twin Khyrsaor sprang from the blood flowing from the head of Medusa.

Moreover, the blood in the left ventricle of Medusa's interrupted head is a lethal poison, and the blood in his right vein is a powerful medicine that will resurrect deadly, a sign that he is a miraculous creature. Antiquity refers to the ancestor of Athena, an antidote to the health god Asklepios.