Medusa đź”’ Members
Gods and heroes. From Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, Thomas Bulfinch (1855). Medusa was once a beautiful maiden transformed by Minerva into a monstrous Gorgon whose gaze turned all living things to stone.
Care note: S: always fully clothed in classical dress, never nude, never gory. Bulfinch died 1867. Medusa has no spoken lines in Bulfinch, so her voice is built from how the myth describes her.
Age and build
formerly a beautiful maiden
“Medusa had once been a beautiful maiden, whose hair was her chief glory” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Face and hair
hair transformed into hissing serpents
“changed her beautiful ringlets into hissing serpents” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
frightful aspect that petrifies all who behold her
“She became a cruel monster of so frightful an aspect that no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
snaky-headed appearance
“snaky-headed Gorgon” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Dress
The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.
Voice and speech
The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.
Signature words
snaky locks
“hissings of their snaky locks” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Gait and mannerisms
dwelt in a cavern surrounded by petrified victims
“All around the cavern where she dwelt might be seen the stony figures of men and beasts which had chanced to catch a glimpse of her” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Strengths
power to petrify all living creatures with her gaze
“no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
her speedier power outran even the foaming lion's haste
“her speedier power Outran his haste” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
her gaze turns all who see her to stone
“no living thing could behold her without being turned into stone” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Flaws
dared to vie in beauty with Minerva, incurring divine punishment
“as she dared to vie in beauty with Minerva, the goddess deprived her of her charms” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Traits
cruel monster
“She became a cruel monster” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
grisly and terrible aspect
“grisly aspect Of terrible Medusa” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
vain of her beauty and a rival of Minerva
“as she dared to vie in beauty with Minerva, the goddess deprived her of her charms” (Bulfinch Age Of Fable, part 8)
Lines in their own words
The book is silent here, so we keep this plain and neutral.
Reference sheet
Film looks we will not copy
- Clash of the Titans 1981 or 2010 film designs: snake body, rattlesnake tail, bow
- Percy Jackson film design
- Any video game or comic design
- Nude or bare breasted classical statue poses
- A severed head or blood
Always book accurate. Every quote above was checked word for word against our stored copy of the text. Pictures are made with AI from the book's own description and checked by hand for film looks.