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Medusa, The Origins - How a beauty turned into a beast

Author : Ted Harvey
Publisher : AJS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medusa, The Origins - How a beauty turned into a beast written by Ted Harvey and published by AJS. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek mythologies and folklore about ancient Greek, Gods, and empire had always aroused curiosity. One among the most vicious and powerful characters in Green folklore was Medusa. Medusa, the serpent haired monstrous, was one among the three Gorgons sisters in Greek mythology who were the daughters of the sea god Phorcys and Ceto the goddess of monsters. Cursed by the goddess Athena, Medusa became more monstrous and her penetrating gaze could make any one turn to stone. Medusa was often represented as a winged female with snakes as her hair and wide mouth with tongue lolling out. Oracle prophecy, Curse from gods, and magical gadgets have always been part of Greek mythologies, the life journey of Perseus played a remarkable shift that somehow led to the tragic death of Medusa. However, the tragic fate of Medusa being raped by Poseidon and beheaded by Perseus will really make us sympathize for her. Let’s have a journey through the eventful folklore of the beautiful Medusa who turned into a monstrous beast.

Medusa

Author : Rosie Hewlett
Publisher : Silverwood Books
ISBN 13 : 9781800420663
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Medusa written by Rosie Hewlett and published by Silverwood Books. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gorgon. Killer. Monster. Victim. Survivor. Protector. Medusa breathes new life into an ancient story and echoes the battle that women throughout millennia have continued to wage.

Medusa

Author : David Leeming
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780231334
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Medusa written by David Leeming and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifying—quite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and presented it to Athena, she has been a woman of many forms: a dangerous female monster that had to be destroyed, an erotic power that could annihilate men, and, thanks to Freud, a woman whose hair was a nest of terrifying penises that signaled castration. She has been immortalized by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dalí and was the emblem of the Jacobins after the French Revolution. Today, she’s viewed by feminists as a noble victim of patriarchy and used by Versace in the designer’s logo for men’s underwear, haute couture, and exotic dinnerware. She even gives her name to a sushi roll on a Disney resort menu. Why does Medusa continue to have this power to transfix us? David Leeming seeks to answer this question in Medusa, a biography of the mythical creature. Searching for the origins of Medusa’s myth in cultures that predate ancient Greece, Leeming explores how and why the mythical figure of the gorgon has become one of the most important and enduring ideas in human history. From an oil painting by Caravaggio to Clash of the Titans and Dungeons and Dragons, he delves into the many depictions of Medusa, ultimately revealing that her story is a cultural dream that continues to change and develop with each new era. Asking what the evolution of the Medusa myth discloses about our culture and ourselves, this book paints an illuminating portrait of a woman who has never ceased to enthrall.

Medusa Tells All

Author : Rebecca Fjelland Davis
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 147952185X
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book Medusa Tells All written by Rebecca Fjelland Davis and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduces the concept of point of view through Medusa's retelling of the classic Greek myth 'Medusa'"--

Medusa's Secret

Author : D.A. Henneman
Publisher : Saray Books LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medusa's Secret written by D.A. Henneman and published by Saray Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ancient Greece, sometimes death is only the beginning… Medusa’s human form, granted by the virgin goddess, has always been enough for her. Until now. No longer a virgin, Medusa now faces banishment from the temple and Athena’s legendary wrath. Perseus’s love for Medusa breeds poison when kept a secret from all who live on Mt. Olympus. To have a life together, the couple must air the truth, even if it shakes the foundation of the Parthenon. Medusa struggles to embrace her monstrous past, as Perseus is faced with a choice – to embrace a hero’s life, or to follow his heart’s desire. The collision of their destinies forces them into a world that neither imagined.

Medusa

Author : Stephen R. Wilk
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019988773X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Medusa written by Stephen R. Wilk and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medusa, the Gorgon, who turns those who gaze upon her to stone, is one of the most popular and enduring figures of Greek mythology. Long after many other figures from Greek myth have been forgotten, she continues to live in popular culture. In this fascinating study of the legend of Medusa, Stephen R. Wilk begins by refamiliarizing readers with the story through ancient authors and classical artwork, then looks at the interpretations that have been given of the meaning of the myth through the years. A new and original interpretation of the myth is offered, based upon astronomical phenomena. The use of the gorgoneion, the Face of the Gorgon, on shields and on roofing tiles is examined in light of parallels from around the world, and a unique interpretation of the reality behind the gorgoneion is suggested. Finally, the history of the Gorgon since tlassical times is explored, culminating in the modern use of Medusa as a symbol of Female Rage and Female Creativity.

Medusa's Stony Stare

Author : Jessica Gunderson
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1404878203
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Medusa's Stony Stare written by Jessica Gunderson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medusa, once a bewitching beauty, has become a hideous monster with snakes for hair. When men look at her, they turn to stone. Whe King Polydectes sends Perseus for Medusas head, he thinks Perseus will soon be another one of Medusas stone men. Or will he?

The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece

Author : M. Rigoglioso
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230620914
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Divine Birth in Ancient Greece written by M. Rigoglioso and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-04-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek religion is filled with strange sexual artifacts - stories of mortal women's couplings with gods; rituals like the basilinna's "marriage" to Dionysus; beliefs in the impregnating power of snakes and deities; the unusual birth stories of Pythagoras, Plato, and Alexander; and more. In this provocative study, Marguerite Rigoglioso suggests such details are remnants of an early Greek cult of divine birth, not unlike that of Egypt. Scouring myth, legend, and history from a female-oriented perspective, she argues that many in the highest echelons of Greek civilization believed non-ordinary conception was the only means possible of bringing forth individuals who could serve as leaders, and that special cadres of virgin priestesses were dedicated to this practice. Her book adds a unique perspective to our understanding of antiquity, and has significant implications for the study of Christianity and other religions in which divine birth claims are central. The book's stunning insights provide fascinating reading for those interested in female-inclusive approaches to ancient religion.

Women and Other Monsters

Author : Jess Zimmerman
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807054933
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Women and Other Monsters written by Jess Zimmerman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds—who are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough—aren’t just outside the norm. They’re unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits we’ve been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths. Through fresh analysis of 11 female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Jess Zimmerman takes us on an illuminating feminist journey through mythology. She guides women (and others) to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and ambition, teaching readers to embrace a new image of the female hero: one that looks a lot like a monster, with the agency and power to match. Often, women try to avoid the feeling of monstrousness, of being grotesquely alien, by tamping down those qualities that we’re told fall outside the bounds of natural femininity. But monsters also get to do what other female characters—damsels, love interests, and even most heroines—do not. Monsters get to be complete, unrestrained, and larger than life. Today, women are becoming increasingly aware of the ways rules and socially constructed expectations have diminished us. After seeing where compliance gets us—harassed, shut out, and ruled by predators—women have never been more ready to become repellent, fearsome, and ravenous.

The Restless Girls

Author : Jessie Burton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 154760073X
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book The Restless Girls written by Jessie Burton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A riveting feminist retelling, filled with excitement, imagination, magic, and just the right touch of darkness." -Madeline Miller, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Circe From acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jessie Burton comes her debut middle-grade--a girl-forward fairy tale retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" about sisterhood, imagination, and bravery, lushly packaged and with beautiful full-color illustrations. For the twelve daughters of King Alberto, Queen Laurelia's death is a disaster beyond losing a mother. The king decides his daughters must be kept safe at all costs, and for the girls, those costs include their lessons, their possessions, and most importantly, their freedom. But the sisters, especially the eldest, Princess Frida, will not bend to this fate. She still has one possession her father cannot take: the power of her imagination. And so, with little but wits and ingenuity to rely on, Frida and her sisters begin their fight to be allowed to live on their own terms. The Restless Girls is a sparkling whirl of a fairy tale--one that doesn't need a prince to save the day, and instead is full of brave, resourceful, clever young women.

Medusa the Mean

Author : Joan Holub
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442485957
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Medusa the Mean written by Joan Holub and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking to become immortal like the other Goddess Girls, Medusa searches for a magical necklace, an effort that is compromised by her mean reputation, her snaky hair, and unexpected consequences.

Medusa's Coil

Author : H.P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1667682172
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Medusa's Coil written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful and compelling tale of brooding horror that deepens and broadens to the final catastrophe—an unusual and engrossing novelette by the author of "The Curse of Yig."

Medusa

Author : Bernard Evslin
Publisher : Chelsea House
ISBN 13 : 9781555462383
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Medusa written by Bernard Evslin and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 1987 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the story of the serpent-haired creature whose gaze turned people to stone, and the adventures of the hero who eventually vanquished her.

When They Severed Earth from Sky

Author : E. J. W. Barber
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691127743
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book When They Severed Earth from Sky written by E. J. W. Barber and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? This groundbreaking book points the way to restoring some of that lost history and teaching about storytelling.

The Argonautica

Author : Apollonius (Rhodius)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Argonautica written by Apollonius (Rhodius) and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rape Trial of Medusa

Author : Michael Kasenow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734955309
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book The Rape Trial of Medusa written by Michael Kasenow and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medusa Gorgon was a beautiful priestess in Athena Olympian's Temple. She was raped in Athena's Temple, blamed for that rape, and punished for that rape. She was condemned to live the remainder of her life as a monster with snakes rearing from her head. Her glare can turn any man into stone. She is now going to have her trial in New York City to determine if a rape had occurred. If she loses the case she will again be condemned to her isolated island. If she wins, she will regain her youth, beauty and freedom. Maggie Harper, a feminist lawyer with a pugnacious reputation for defending women and their rights, will be representing Medusa. This is the trial of the century where the perverse reputations of the Olympians will be revealed.

Athena's Child

Author : Hannah Lynn
Publisher : Sourcebooks Landmark
ISBN 13 : 9781728291499
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Athena's Child written by Hannah Lynn and published by Sourcebooks Landmark. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Madeleine Miller and Natalie Haynes comes the story of the most infamous monster of Greek mythology: Medusa. First, they loved her. Then, they abused her. Finally, they made her a villain. Gifted and burdened with stunning beauty, young Medusa seeks sanctuary with the Goddess Athena. But when she catches the eye of the lecherous but mighty Poseidon, she is beyond protection. Powerful men rarely answer for their actions, after all. Meanwhile, Perseus embarks on a seemingly impossible quest, equipped with only bravado and determination... Medusa and Perseus soon become pawns of spiteful and selfish gods. Faced with the repercussions of Athena's wrath, blamed for her assault, Medusa has no choice but to flee and hide. But can she do so without becoming the monster they say she is? Medusa's truth has long been lost. History tells of conquering heroes, of men with hearts of gold. Now it is time to hear the story of how history treats women who don't comply.