The Medusa Mirror is a magical mirror that is able to freeze people in time. With snakes for hair— hated of mortal man—. Please credit and link any images or content, Carl Jung: Ten Quotations on Individuation. Since Medusa was the only one of the three Gorgons who was mortal, Perseus was able to slay her while looking at the reflection from the mirrored shield he received from Athena. Note that it states that “she was caught being raped by the “Lord of the Sea” Poseidon” rather than “but when she and the “Lord of the Sea” Poseidon lay together.” This is a very serious change in reference to the myth. Their genealogy is shared with other sisters, the Graeae, as in Aeschylus's Prometheus Bound, which places both trinities of sisters far off "on Kisthene's dreadful plain": In Ovid’s telling, Perseus describes Medusa’s punishment by Minerva (Athena) as just and well-deserved. International Temporal Enforcement Agency. Collected Works Volume 7 – Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, Collected Works Volume 11 – Psychology and Religion: West and East, Collected Works Volume 12 – Psychology and Alchemy, Collected Works Volume 13 – Alchemical Studies, Collected Works Volume 17 – Development of Personality, Collected Works Volume 18 – The Symbolic Life, Collected Works Volume 9 (2) – Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self, Collected Works Volume 14 – Mysterium Coniunctionis, Collected Works Volume 1 Psychiatric Studies, Collected Works Volume 2: Experimental Researches, Collected Works Volume 9(1) – Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Collected Works Volume 10 – Civilization in Transition, Collected Works Volume 8 – Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche, Collected Works Volume 16 – Practice of Psychotherapy, Collected Works Volume 15 – Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature, Collected Works Volume 3 – Psychogenesis of Mental Disease, Collected Works Volume 4 – Freud & Psychoanalysis. https://tuckerverse.fandom.com/wiki/Medusa_Mirror?oldid=45140. Their genealogy is shared with other sisters, the Graeae, as in Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound who places both trinities of sisters far off “on Kisthene’s dreadful plain”: Near them their sisters three, the Gorgons, winged When the hero severed Medusa’s head from her neck, two offspring sprang forth, the winged horse Pegasus and the golden-sworded giant Chrysaor. If direct visual contact with the reflection is not broken for one minute whoever is frozen is frozen indefinitely, only able to be restored using the Medusa Goblet. .has-post-thumbnail img.wp-post-image,
In a late version of the Medusa myth, related by the Roman poet Ovid, Medusa was originally a ravishingly beautiful maiden, “the jealous aspiration of many suitors,” priestess in Athena’s temple, but when she and the “Lord of the Sea” Poseidon lay together in Athena’s temple, the enraged Athena transformed Medusa’s beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone. Carefully looking at the snake-haired monster through her reflection on Athena’s shield (remember, he had to avoid her gaze), Perseus raised the sickle and cut off her head. He had used a convex mirror to study his reflection and used his features as an inspiration for the painting. The sun is near setting.” .post > div[property="image"] { By contrast, a more comprehensive account of Perseus and Medusa can be found in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The Story of Medusa and Athena ... Medusa would gaze lovingly at her reflection in the mirror. Become a patron of Medusa's Mirror today: Get access to exclusive content and experiences on the world’s largest membership platform for artists and creators. .post-thumbnail__img .wp-page-image { Hermes gives him a sickle to cut off her head. 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. The story of Medusa and the Greek goddess Athena A myth submitted to the site by Shainuja Many years ago there was a beautiful women called Medusa.