truly said many a times hero's are the villain and villains are the hero or perhaps no one is it is just the perspective or situation. Nuance views take place of biasedness
well said.. this reminds me of the quote from a book series 'Land of Stories' : “But what the world fails to realise is a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told.”
To be honest, I've always been interested in Greek mythology. I honestly think Athena is a horrid person for doing this to Medusa. Medusa did not choose to get raped; she had no right casting that curse upon Medusa because she got pregnant when she didn't choose to. She honestly could've punished Poseidon, if that's her enemy she could've done that to him. But then still out of Athenas cold heart she would still curse Medusa even though she explained.
Even in this version, she couldn't actually punish Poseidon. The gods were constantly treading a thin line between rivalry and war, a war which wouldn't have been any good for everyone involved (except maybe Ares). But she could dish out punishment on the Priestess who broke her vows in her temple, even if unwillingly. I actually prefer the version of this story where it's not really a punishment, but a gift meant to prevent Medusa from being assaulted again.
@@alepatera Ovid purposely rewrote the story to make Athena look bad because the Romans favored Ares (Mars) while the Greeks favored Athena. In Greek mythology, Athena is actually one of the most fair, just, and reasonable of the gods. She gave Arachne a chance to repent after boasting that she can weave better than Athena herself.
Medusa's headful of snakes and petrifying eyes, represent traumatized woman's agony. After being raped, no woman can remain kind and forgiving to others. Perhaps its a visual representation of a scorned woman. Maybe Athena "cursed" her. Or maybe she gave her a terrifying weapon to protect herself with. Her head ended up on the shield of Athena for a reason. Medusa is a fantastic character... she isn't a monster, she just wanted to be left alone.
Yo.... 1st of all, if athena really cared about medusa, she would have turned up against his uncle. Or atleast should have treated her nicely. 2nd, placing her head in her sheild does nothing for medusa, the damage is already done. 3rd, i don't know why medusa never go against Posidon. She could have used her new abilities.
@@maxcloud3281 or this could actually be considered a false myth because it wasn't created by any Greeks, but by a Roman poet named Ovid who hated the Greeks and their gods
@@maxcloud3281 If Athena had full out gone against Poseiden it would have created wars amongst the gods. While Medusa had some power she couldn't go against a God. It would have been pointless and would cost her life.
I've always felt sympathy towards every Medusa adaptation/character in any film or show that she's in. Knowing her background story. Alot of films portray her as simply evil and they never really delve into her story. I would love to see a film based solely on her. Something that takes itself as serious as what happened to her. I'd even love to see creative liscenese make a twist from the original story, with a happier ending for her.
The story told in this video is actually false! The story in the video was told by a Roman poet who hated Greek Mythology and hated the gods. So, he twisted the real story from Greek mythology and made Athena look bad. In the actually Greek story, Medusa had always been a monster and there was never a curse.
That's why I'm working on a story or fanfic which happens to be a crossover of mythology and fairy tales of various countries. And I'm doing my best on working on one where Medusa, Euryale, Clotho and others be saved from their cursed fates.
Nothing has changed really. Women are still blamed for their own rapes.It’s a women’s fault she’s attractive? Rape is NOT based on how attractive a victim is. Rape is based on power, control, anger & hatred. I’ve always liked Medusa. She was a victim and another woman was part of her pain and betrayal. This fact alone hurt the most, I’m guessing.
FACTS! These people (Men and women alike), that sexually harass others be the SAME people that doesn't wanna be touched by a person that's the same gender as them, but has no problem touching a person of the opposite sex without consent whatsoever.
Well in our culture a war was fought to regain the honour of a woman between Dharma and adharma that war is known as Mahabharata when Ravana kidnapped devi sita a war between Ram and Ravana happened lust ego and arrogance of Ravana lost to the love dharma and calmness of Lord Ram
@gabriel raspatelly Its really differing on the interpretation ^^' Most of them, he really was just socially awkward and she was chill with it so I guess its really just how you see it or what you read. He still always treated her as his equal.
Athena “you used your body to seduced him and you shall be cursed for all eternity.” Also Athena “I shall put Medusa’s head on my shield and use it to protect evil.” So technically Athena and everyone who served her is more evil the Medusa. Still wish she got back at Athena
Ikr. That would be one of the unforgettable moment in myth if ever Medusa got her revenge on Athena. Moreso if she use the ability that Athena gave her. It would be epic.
You recite the story in a very interesting way that it catches everybody's attention. Thank you so much for this story. It gave me a few learnings of how world may react even when you are very truthful and loyal to them
Medusa even covered her eyes the entire time she was in heaven or when she was with someone in order to not hurt anyone because of hers eyes of petrification. Perseus only able to kill Medusa because she was only mortal in all of the 3 sisters others two are immortals. That's why Perseus ran from the island after killing Medusa because he can't kill other two even after having all these amazing weapons. And you know after Medusa died those two sister kill each other by eating each other.
@@sopasnamainitpa You can see it in Wikipedia of medusa story even in there you will not gonna find about her sisters. As you may have seen that her sisters are not mention much outside medusa story and I got this info a long time ago so I don't remember the correct site where i found about their deaths and since they are myth I think you may have found something different because no one has a clear data of what exactly happens. and if you found the site i will tell you.
I have read many versions of greek mythology, and what I have learned and what my mind says, yes you are right, Medusa was a victim and misunderstood by everyone. and I had hoped she would get the justice she deserved but unfortunately in almost every single interpretation she has te same fate.
@@KrishnaKaanthKamatam My reference is Hesiod's Theogony, one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek literature, right next to the Iliad and the Odyssey, written in 650 BC. Your reference is Ovid, a Roman poet who wrote his myths in 8 AD (that's almost 700 years after Hesiod) and who also had an anti authorian agenda and rewrote a bunch of myths to make the gods seem worse than usual. FYI he rewrote the Arachne myth too. He's the only person who writes the story of Medusa as a victim and as I said, he's not even Greek. He's Roman. In Hesiod she's born a hideous monster, sleeps with Poseidon with no mention of assault and that's all. All the stories you've seen are people retelling Ovid's story. Look for actual sources, not random articles. Ovid's works are basically fanfics.
@@Eleni1002 Okay first of all sorry for speaking without looking into it much deeper, but still I don't want to accept the fact that a girl has to remain a victim all her without getting even a little bit of justice, it's so harsh! Thanks for your reference tho! I'll look into it.
I remember seeing this show based on Jason and the argonaugts and Hercules was among the crew. in the show it was revealed that Hercules had fallen in love with Medusa and she felt the same. He was well aware that she was a gorgon but that didn't faze him in the slightest. He couldn't touch her, he couldnt look directly at her, but he didn't mind one bit. " Hearing your voice is enough " He even discovered that there was a way to reverse her curse, but to do that, Medusa would have to turn him to stone. Hercules was completely at peace with this and was willing to sacrifice himself for her sake. This was by far the most wholesome and heroic version of Hercules I had ever seen. You would think that Hercules would be the LAST person to fall in love with a monster considering his history. I liked that show because it painted Medusa as a lonely soul instead of a villian, bitter from betrayal but a genuinely good person at heart. that show was decades ahead of its time.
@@voidofusall2675 no, unfortunately I saw it as a kid, and im 20 now. I have no idea what it was called. im sorry, if I did remember the name, i,d tell you.
Medusa was infact a victim and deeply misunderstood. She indeed experience a lot of physical and mental pain which turned her into a monster, which initially she wasn't.
I wish someone, a director could make a movie about medusa 😪 its dramatic,sad and a tragic history...injustice and jealous, great elements for the perfect movie about this gorgeous character once beautifull and sadly becomed a monster against her will...
you'll be wrong to think that version of Medusa is the only canon one. And he didn't killed all the gods, only thoses who weren't a hot female that he could fuck.
The problem with Medusa is that she was written by Ovid a Roman poet which may interpret Medusa another way to make her story more appealing and intriguing. Greek mythology doesn’t have a strict canon, so when Roman conquered Greek they incorporated some of their religion into Greek religion. Because Ovid is a roman his version of Medusa tends to be more romantic and political not religious. Also, Ovid hated Greek mythology.
It also has to do with the fact that the Romans favored Ares while the Greeks favored Athena so Ovid's version of the Medusa story was to make Athena look bad. In Greek myth, she's actually one of the most fair and just of the gods. I mean, Artemis killed a poor hunter just because he accidentally saw her naked while Athena made another guy who saw her naked blind but gave him the gift of prophecy or something like that to make up for it.
Ovid was massively anti-authoritarian, he had a habit of writing a lot of classical stories in ways that portrayed the gods as cruel and vicious. There is actually a more original version written by the Greek poet Hessiod that portrays Medusa as being born a monster, one of three Gorgon sisters.
@@torazely Yeah. According to the Greeks, Medusa was always a gorgon along with her sisters. She was the daughter of Typhon and Echidna, I believe. With the Greek gods, some are cruel while other more benevolent. Athena was actually a generous goddess. She gave Arachne a chance to redeem herself when she boasted that she could weave better than Athena herself instead of just punishing her right away so its only logical to think that she wouldn't punish an innocent woman for being raped. Ares was actually a cruel Greek god but the Romans portrayed him as being more benevolent and wise.
@@Elly3981 Phorcys and Ceto, actually, are their parents. (fun fact, that makes them the sisters of the Graeae). but it is nice seeing there are other people who know the original story rather than the Roman retcon that has been popularized in modern day.
@@torazely Ironically, modern depictions of Medusa in popular culture still depict her as being beautiful and sexy. She just has her iconic snake hair and snake tail in movies and video games.
that's the Roman version. it's literally written by a Roman poet named ovid. ovid who hates the Greeks and their gods, loves to ruin myths. so pls do your research.
The story I learned is that she was basically born a gorgon and lived one of the most evil gorgons, of course eventually slayed by Perseus as ordered by king polydectes who was holding his mother.
There is another interpretation of this myth that Athena have Medusa the ability to turn anyone that looked at her to stone to protect her from being assaulted again. Some safe havens for women put up a Medusa head because of it because it was said that she protects women.
@@mjcsandboxgames4021 well even that works with this interpretation. If based on this interpretation, Athena chose to bore this power back to Medusa so that she could stay protected yet herself be powerless against the mighty Olympian god Poseidon because Nepotism would always save him from receiving any harsh punishment then she would do that to make the playing field level. Just so that no man can touch Medusa again without facing the consequences. But, how I see it, when one doesn't get closure and justice for a long time, that grief and pain manifests itself into something so ugly (almost like a black hole) within the soul. Medusa slowly transforming herself to a monster or lashing out relentlessly while internally screeching for help, would only want the gods to rid her of this existence. Athena being the god Medusa worshipped and prayed with all her soul, would be able to see that change in her. If Athena wanted to get rid of Medusa in the 1st place, then she would never have needed to give her all this power. So even equipping Perseus with shield to ward off the gaze, the indication was only her gaze was to be defeated as that made her a monster she never was. In short. Poseidon was supposed to be punished but nepotism and god of the sea >>>>> Athena ---> Power given to Medusa under the disguise of punishment. time passed and no closure + injustice from olympians on being violated ---> Medusa developed a crushed soul and was transforming into the monster (lashing out when not needed or refusing to seek help externally) ----> Athena wanted to end her misery so created a shiny shield (or made her shield shiny) to ward off the gaze. Athena gave the shield to Perseus and rest is how it played out.
@@justabalrogwithinterenetac2602 It is possible, I suppose, given the above interpretation that Medusa eventually found the gift a great curse and she herself wished to be freed from it. If so, you could make the leap that Athena was helping Medusa be free of her curse by aiding Perseus in Medusa's destruction.
Athena wanted to hurt Poseidon but he was the brother to hades and Zeus so she could not do anything and was pissed also Athena though Medusa had been seduced so she was pissed so since she can’t do anything to Poseidon she took her anger on Medusa also the gods really don’t care about humans they were only made to give the gods pleasure nothing else so the gods really do what they want.
Duh, they're gods. Humanity is not even their creation. But i also have to point out that version of Medusa is roman in origin, written by Ovid who has a big problem with autoritie and thus, written gods as paralleles of the peoples in powers.
@@Broxsher don't want to be mean but one of the three main gods is know as the god of destruction. Literaly destruction. Isn't there also a goddess name Kali who was very bent in bloodshed? didn't Shiva also beheaded Ganesha who guarded the bathroom of Parvarti in which he wanted to enter uninvited?
@@efaristi9737 it is the destiny of ganesha so that to make ganesha pure mind like that elephant has because ganesha is made by dirt of parvati so his mind is also made up of that please man study all the holy books of hindu's then you realize what I am saying🤔
@@Broxsher And the fact that was his destiny make it okay to decapitate him?! or to violate the intimity of his wife? You have a weird perception of what is acceptable.
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can you guys at the very least fix it to say and Roman considering you kept focus on the Roman version basically the entire time everyone in this comment section is angry with the Greek gods when they should be angry at Ovid and his.....very different way of re-telling an extremely beautiful interpretation of these myths Homer and hesiod wrote.
hey, not wanting to be rude, but this is the roman version of the myth. the greek version (or original version) is that Medusa is one of the three gorgons (Stheno, the Mighty, Euryale, the Far Springer, and Medusa, the Queen) hope you fix this soon :)
As much as I like this version This was a retelling by a Roman named Ovid. The original, written by Hessiod, had her born as a monster, along with her sisters. Ovid had a habit of rewriting stories to portray the gods as villains due to his massive anti-authoritarian personality.
@@stargirI777 as far as we can tell, Hesiod was the first to tell the tale. In his, Medusa was born a monster as one of the three Gorgon sisters, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto and sisters of the three Graeae.
Her being a betrayed priestess isn't part of any Greek mythology, it comes from the Roman poet Ovid who hated the gods and was bitter about being exiled by Emperor Augustus for sleeping with his daughter. Ovid was very anti-authoritarian and even for his time considered an edge lord.
@@omamahhshaikhh6396 As a Greek of Cyprus we done some mythology in elementary school, so no she was not born a monster. I remember that one well. But I am some decades older than now, since then so I do not remember much.
Yea! When Cassandra was raped in Athena’s temple, it’s said that Athena wept for her. Why would she curse Medusa for the same thing? She was born a gorgon like her sisters
@@universalspaceexpeditioner8259 as a Greek from Athens, I can assure you that in all 22 Greek sources we possess, she had been born a monster. She was a Gorgon just like her sisters.
So they Gods forsake her and instead of giving her aid in her time of need, made her the villain and on decided to aid and idolise the hero to take her down. Dang...trully unfair.
congratulation you fell for old propaganda no joke. no joke this is Ovid's version of the mid and he had a hate boner for greek gods so he wrote them as bad guys.
The tattoo of Medusa has a deep meaning actually. It’s a symbol of survival most people get it to show their strength from overcoming SA or r*pe. “She is seen as a symbol of power after s*xual assault and combatting the culture of victim-blaming as a woman made into a monster for her own r*pe.”
Actually, in the early version of Medusa: the thing people should note is: The story of her being a victim was written after her origins were already established. While the story of her being cursed is an interesting take, it's not her real story. Medusa was born a gorgon, and she died a gorgon, though she was the only one of her sisters to be mortal.
This isn't the original story. This is the mistranslated roman version. The original story is that Medusa was born a Gorgon, along with her two sisters. However, a roman poet mistranslated it to paint Athena and Poseidon as the bad guys.
Wow what a shady, twisted story about Medusa because of a jealousy situation that turns her into one of the best villainess vixens in the world. Misunderstood by a misunderstanding love triangle tragically events. My hearts goes out to her completely. She will get her justice one day.
@@alepatera I saw you say that on multiple comments now, and I have a question just because I am curious. I don't know the real story, but why was she born the only mortal gorgon? Is there anything to that in the original? Even if this story is not true, I kinda like it more to be honest. It would explain why she was the only mortal gorgon because she was made artificially, and it gives the story more depth IMHO. I think people should just believe what they like ^^
@@dontlewdthesploot5979 There’s a difference between liking a story and believing that’s the tale people from that religion used to portray their gods. This version of the story was written by a Roman who hated authority while the original (most likely the original) had Medusa a Gorgon from the beginning.
A lot of people, myself included, believe Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon as a gift. Medusa never wanted to be touched by a man, and if another man ever tried to touch her again he would get what he deserved. Athena wasn’t strong enough to fight off Poseidon, but she was able to make sure it never happened again.
First, read what alexandra said. Second, don't think too hard about it. This version you've seen is the rewritten version made by Ovid, who wanted to paint all figures of Authority as pricks. So if you want the most realistic version of what Ovid was trying to say, it's as follows. "Athena is a bitch who cursed a Hot woman, because of Jealousy. Poseidon is a fucked up Rapist, and gets off on ruining peoples lives.". Not very romantic in the end is it? That's why instead of thinking about the mistranslations, you should only think about the original story, after all the originals were based on religion, whilst the retold versions are based on politics.
i don't think so. It's just like you are romanticizing the so called "punishment" of a jealous goddess to an innocent woman. She offered her loyalty and devotion but she give her her doom.
this is the roman version of the tale of medusa, prior to roman poets changing the story, she was a monstrous creature just as her sisters with wings that laid with poseidon and bore pegasus in or around 800 BCE, some 700 years later roman poets change the story to her being beautiful and human, cursed by minerva (sometimes athena) for being "violated" (sometimes willing other times not) by neptune in her temple. children of ancient greek would wear a mask of her face, adults would use her face to ward off evil.
@@thetophatnerd2664 irrelevant, also he wouldn't had rebelled if he dealt with properly writing Greek Gods. This story was re-writing by Odis and he had a hate boner for the Greek Gods. This is not the original version. Medusa was born a gorgon and Poseidon seduce her.
@@JayJayM57 look the Greek mythology is just a bunch of stories written by several authors with no official canon whatsoever so let’s just agree to disagree okay?
@@thetophatnerd2664 half agreed, we have a source for Greek mythology is mycenaean Greece. You can enjoy which ever version you like but we have a foundation and Ovid is not part of it. He was just pathetic man with authority issues and a hate boner for Greek culture. You can like Ovid version.
The REAL STORY is that Medusa was raped by Poseidon so she turned to Athena for help and Athena grants Medusa her wish which turned out to be her cursed so remember two things: 1. Be careful what you wish for cause if can become true And 2. Behind every curse there's a blessing and behind every "blessing" there's a lesson to be learned
That is not the real story, it is A story based on a story made by Ovidius. Before the story of Ovidius (metamorphoses) about Medusa, Medusa was born a gorgon, that is the original. Ovidius was a Roman poet who had a problem with authority who made/changed mythes to show how the gods like to mess with people's lives. In Ovid's story Medusa was changed to gorgon by Athena after being raped by Poseidon because Athena said that Medusa was disgusting and changed her outwards appearence to what Athena felt was her inwards appearence. The OG story is that Medusa was always a gorgon. The story based on that was Ovid's story that paintes Athena as a cruel godess who changed Medusa out of disgust. The story based on that is the story you say is the REAL STORY which it is not, it is A story.
so, coincidentally enough based on the conflicting folklore, I feel like the overall story could be that, maybe Medusa was human but her family lineage was gorgon, that might've made her unique enough for Athena to have expected more of her, &then of course her transformation am just not gonna find it surprising, that turns out that when Athena couldn't confront Posiden, all she could do was bestow Medusa an ability of her choosing, if Medusa asked for a means never to be attacked by others again, thus Athena gave her the power of petrification, basically the perfect way to protect herself actually wound-up turning her into a dangerous monster, also the head returned Athena and made into aegis, (other than the full circle) symbolically the vibe it gives off feels like the victim(her likeness) trying to protect others from similar fates,
Why everytime someone want to talk about Medusa, they use only the version of Ovid? It wouldn't hurt to nuance things and brings up the actuals greeks versions with the roman one. Most of the hate Athena get because of it is unjustified.
In the Original Tail Madusa was born A gorgon, then in later versions of the tail the roman poet Ovid told a different story of her being Raped by Posiden then cursed into a monster by Athena to villanize the Greek gods. This tail is still valid though and should be recognized and told to spread awareness of sexual assault.
There's many stories of Medusa, this is just one of them, specifically I think an Ovid work, who was a Roman. Greek mythology said she was the daughter of two chthonic monsters and was always a gorgon. If anything, this tale is just Ovid's fan fiction.
@TheVolourn it doesn't matter. The way he was describing it. It felt so real . Sorry English is not my first language. But I liked the story very much . 🙂🌞
In some versions I heard Athena "cursed" Medusa for her own protection and her sister for company so she wouldn't be alone on the island. So many versions...would be good if one day we find the original stories.
Not sure why a lot of people are trying to force a contemporary interpretation to a Greek mythological story in the comment section. Even if different interpretations are possible, these should come with an understanding of the Greek world and time especially to avoid misreading the story based on personal opinions and experiences...
Because this version of the myth isn’t even in Greek mythology. It was made by a Roman poet who hated the Greeks, their gods, and authority. He rewrote a bunch of old myths including this one.
You do know that the myth with Medusa being cursed was written by a guy who loved to rewrite myths where gods screw over mortals since he hated people with power like making Athena petty and turn a woman into a spider when she’s one of the chillest of the goddesses Medusa was always a monster it’s more like this version was more propaganda then based on any previous writings passed down
Really? Never heard of this story, I was taught that this a beautiful, lady of power and respect, who lived on an Caribbean with her family and people. Her hair ( as most people who lived there ) was worn in the natural loc style. When a ship of Greeks sailing the waters came across her, having never seen such beauty, was both shocked and amazed ! Part of their description of her was that “she had hair of snakes”. From this maybe the story of “Medusa” developed. Sometimes when people don’t understand or come across something very different the fill in the blanks with what they assume...... just a thought, I wasn’t there.
Man I've been involved in Holy Torah based warfare for seven years and it's just so relieving to remember Greek explaination, this wraps up so much apocalypse in such an intimate and emotional device, go Greek and don't turn back 🥲
I like the version of the story that says Athena gave Medusa her appearance and powers as a form of protection against men who would do what Poseidon did.
This isn't Greek mythology, it's roman literature. In the Greek myth Medusa was a natural born gorgon, along with her two sisters; stheno and Euryale, and she actively preyed on young women and virgins. The iteration where she's assaulted and turned into a gorgon by Athena is a more recent adaption written by a Roman poet, Ovid, in his metamorphosis. He wrote this intentionally to be controversial as anti-greek propaganda because he wanted to portray their gods in as bad a light as possible (particularly Athena, as he was kicked out of Athens). That's not to say that the Greek gods are good, they definitely aren't, but Medusa isn't a victim of anything, she was never assaulted and she was never a beautiful priestess who was punished for being assaulted. I'm not saying it's not okay for people to discuss this version or anything (not that I could stop anyone from doing so), but please label it as what it is; Roman literature. Not Greek mythology.
One of my favourite stories that I had a fascination with since childhood. Really wish Medusa got back at Athena though. Huff. Thank you for this story, I loved it. 💚💚💚💚💚
@@alepatera It’s not even a Roman mistranslation but a straight rewrite by the Roman poet Ovid. He hated authority and used Greek gods to represent it. He did it with lots of Greek myths
I honestly feel bad for Medusa she was ether caut in the middle of the a feud between her goddess and Poseidon and I can’t help but what happened to her and if she was cursed with immortality (like we hear in children movies and modern mythology)
@John Calder WRONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE INTERNET LATELY.....THE GREEKS HAVE BUILT SMALLER AREAS TO WORSHIP THE GREEK GODS BECAUSE THE OLD ONES ARE WAY TOO OLD TO BE IN.....AND GOOD NUMBER OF AMERICANS THEMSELVES OPENLY WORSHIP THE GODS....WHO HAVE LEFT CHRISTIANITY....YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AROUND😕😕😕
@@angelnicolemclean4454 I am a Greek and you speak nonsense. No Greek actually worships these false entities. The insignificant few that pretend they do, they do it for attention.
I always felt that Athena loved Medusa, so after Medusa was assaulted, Athena gifted her/saved her with the power to turn men to stone and any man that sees her will no longer be interested. I also find it fitting that Medusas head is used is many instances to ward away evil. Some even say buildings with Medusa on them were safe havens for women escaping violent husbands. This version makes more sense to me... but men get real pressed when I share it haha
The head of Medusa was used in the shields of soldiers to scare their enemies, this "female shelters" thing was invented by Tumblr And considering the fact that Medusa once claimed to be more beautiful than Athena, these two just hated each other This protection against men get's weird when you remember that Athena helped(a man) Perseus into killing Medusa
Poseidon : So the rumors are true. Medusa: Rumors? What rumors? Poseidon : a woman more beautiful than Athena does live here. Medusa: N- no! That's not true!
Here's the Medusa story I read: Medusa was very loyal to Athena and was thankful to the goddess for always protecting Athens city. Medusa being the head priestess of Athena's shrine wanted to bring more people to come and worship and prey as appreciation to the goddess. Medusa idolized Athena so much that she vowed to be a pure virgin like the goddess Athena and to never lose her faith to her, however... Medusa was naive thinking that the men who came to visit Athena's shrine was to show their thanks to the goddess, but the men were just there to stare at Medusa beauty. Medusa was often showing more skin then the other priestesses of Athena thinking that she had the goddess protection at all times. A rumor started to spread about Medusa beauty more men came to Athena's shine to look at Medusa. The men started to say that Medusa was more beautiful than Athena. Athena hearing what the men were saying and the romurs about Medusa, Athena started to observe Medusa closely. Athena after watching Medusa for many days started to wonder if Medusa was only using her shrine to get attention. Medusa shamefully floating her looks in front of pervy men annoyed the prideful virgin goddess, but Athena was not hateful nor resentful of Medusa seeing has she still was faithful to Athena by keeping her chastity. Athena and Poseidon were having an argument about who's gift was more worthy for the people of Athens city, the fisher men voted for Poseidon's gift and the maidens who live on land voted for Athena's gift which became a tie, so they asked Zeus for the final vote. Zeus voted for Athena's gift over his own brother, Athena was Zeus's is favourite child after all. This made Poseidon very anger wanting to get back at Athena some how, noticing Athena's sudden fascination with her head priestess Medusa this gave Poseidon an disgusting idea to get revenge on Athena. Poseidon tried to seduce Medusa which made her flattered Medusa still wanting to be pure for Athena turned Poseidon offer down. Poseidon after looking at Medusa body closer became mad with lust trying to grab Medusa she ran away from him and went to Athena's shrine yelling for the goddess to come and save her. Medusa holding the goddess's statue preyed and begged for Athena to help her. But it was to late Poseidon forced himself on Medusa and impregnated her. Athena emerged from her statue with hatred and rage having her head priestess and shrine defiled by one of her rivals was a very huge insult to the virgin goddess, Medusa crying at the Athena's feet while still asking her for help. Athena said to Medusa, because of your carelessness and inappropriate behavior you have brought this upon yourself! Medusa begging Athena forgiveness asking for her protection. Athena cast a spell on Medusa so that any men who look at her will turn into stone and to think of it has both a blessing and a curse. Medusa hair transformed into snakes her eyes became yellow and demonic her lower body turned into that of a serpent. Any men or beast that would attacked Medusa would turn into stone when she looked at them. Medusa lonely and depressed went to try to get her last bit of humanity left by creating a small shrine for Athena. Medusa preying for Athena to put her out of her lonely misery. Athena starting to feel pity for Medusa knowing she could not undo her spell asked Perseus to cut her head so that she could rest in peace. Athena gave Perseus a mirror and told him to have Medusa look at it but don't look at Medusa or you'll turn to stone. After Perseus cuts Medusa head off Pegasus was born from her body. Perseus gave Medusa head to Athena, Athena put Medusa head on her shield immortalizing her for eternity. Medusa will forever be by Athena's side as her favorite priestess and strongest weapon. The reason why Athena never took revenge on Poseidon was because it would start a war among gods, which it's something even Zeus avoids.
The version I was taught and somewhat remember goes like this. Meduas was mortal and so were her parents. She was extremely beautiful and arrogant about it. She Evetually compared herself to one of the gods (don't remember which one). She was turned into the gorgon as punishment.
Similar to Arachne's story, but I was also taught that one growing up, she declared she was more beautiful than either Aphrodite or Athena, then got cursed for it. But I was also told the story that she was born a Gorgon with her sisters
I remember reading the story of Medusa as a kid and being mad in high school when people were praising Zeus and the others acting like they were not assholes. 😡
When we were young, we love the hero,
When we became adult, we understand the villain.
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truly said many a times hero's are the villain and villains are the hero or perhaps no one is it is just the perspective or situation. Nuance views take place of biasedness
Actually when I was young my goal in life was world domination
exactly..
Yeah We Sometimes Understands The Villains
But we Must remember We have to be careful in which ones we understand
" Evil queens are just princesses that never got saved "
_Maleficent
I loved that movie and i still do
did maleficent say that
@@lovorka3321 yup
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She was neither.
The worst Villains once had a pure heart. It is only once you have experienced the truest pain and cruelest acts that your heart turns black.
deep bro...
well said.. this reminds me of the quote from a book series 'Land of Stories' : “But what the world fails to realise is a villain is just a victim whose story hasn't been told.”
That’s so sad.. but true..
@@achinthyasriman7339 damn that's the deepest thing I read this year 💯
Ikr. Every villain has a sad/terrible backstory :(
I think that they need to make a movie based on Medusa and her life history or something like that. I think it would be very interesting if they did
Yes we do!!!!!
Like the Cruella Movie 😊
Way better than Percy Jackson
In today's filming industry? Heck no.
Totally agree!!!
To be honest, I've always been interested in Greek mythology. I honestly think Athena is a horrid person for doing this to Medusa. Medusa did not choose to get raped; she had no right casting that curse upon Medusa because she got pregnant when she didn't choose to. She honestly could've punished Poseidon, if that's her enemy she could've done that to him. But then still out of Athenas cold heart she would still curse Medusa even though she explained.
In the oldest known version of this myth, Medusa was born a gorgon and ever cursed by Athena.
She couldn't punish Poseidon and she didn't punish Medusa in Greek mythology. Medusa was born a gorgon. This myth with the curse is roman.
This is the Roman version of Medusa written by a poet that hated the Greek gods. In Greek mythology she's always been a monster
She was jealous
Even in this version, she couldn't actually punish Poseidon. The gods were constantly treading a thin line between rivalry and war, a war which wouldn't have been any good for everyone involved (except maybe Ares). But she could dish out punishment on the Priestess who broke her vows in her temple, even if unwillingly.
I actually prefer the version of this story where it's not really a punishment, but a gift meant to prevent Medusa from being assaulted again.
The story of Medusa is tragic. She did not ask to become a monster.
She never asked because she was already born a monster before the Roman poet Ovid decided to fuck around with Greek mythology
The true defintion of monsters aren,t born there made
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
@@alepatera Ovid purposely rewrote the story to make Athena look bad because the Romans favored Ares (Mars) while the Greeks favored Athena. In Greek mythology, Athena is actually one of the most fair, just, and reasonable of the gods. She gave Arachne a chance to repent after boasting that she can weave better than Athena herself.
Nor did I ask to born but ok
"Allowing" herself to be "ravaged" seems unreal. She turned to Athena and Athena instead curses her.
Yea...you seem to know the whole story
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
Nothing new still happenes today
@@alepatera but who’s to say which 1 is true; it’s all just a legend lol
@@ParamoreFAV3 the early one which is probably the Hesiod. This one is from Ovid
Medusa's headful of snakes and petrifying eyes, represent traumatized woman's agony. After being raped, no woman can remain kind and forgiving to others. Perhaps its a visual representation of a scorned woman. Maybe Athena "cursed" her. Or maybe she gave her a terrifying weapon to protect herself with. Her head ended up on the shield of Athena for a reason. Medusa is a fantastic character... she isn't a monster, she just wanted to be left alone.
Yo.... 1st of all, if athena really cared about medusa, she would have turned up against his uncle. Or atleast should have treated her nicely.
2nd, placing her head in her sheild does nothing for medusa, the damage is already done.
3rd, i don't know why medusa never go against Posidon. She could have used her new abilities.
@@maxcloud3281 or this could actually be considered a false myth because it wasn't created by any Greeks, but by a Roman poet named Ovid who hated the Greeks and their gods
@@blackvial that's also a possibility.
@@maxcloud3281 If Athena had full out gone against Poseiden it would have created wars amongst the gods. While Medusa had some power she couldn't go against a God. It would have been pointless and would cost her life.
@@maxcloud3281 sure, start a war among gods to kill more victims, to prove a point.
I've always felt sympathy towards every Medusa adaptation/character in any film or show that she's in. Knowing her background story. Alot of films portray her as simply evil and they never really delve into her story. I would love to see a film based solely on her. Something that takes itself as serious as what happened to her. I'd even love to see creative liscenese make a twist from the original story, with a happier ending for her.
The story told in this video is actually false!
The story in the video was told by a Roman poet who hated Greek Mythology and hated the gods.
So, he twisted the real story from Greek mythology and made Athena look bad.
In the actually Greek story, Medusa had always been a monster and there was never a curse.
The story is that in ancient Greece, the Greeks portrayed Medusa as one of the gorgon along with her sisters. They're born gorgon.
And I’ve been waiting for such a time “the story of Medusa” will be made
That's why I'm working on a story or fanfic which happens to be a crossover of mythology and fairy tales of various countries. And I'm doing my best on working on one where Medusa, Euryale, Clotho and others be saved from their cursed fates.
@@TheLatiosnlatias02 Clotho? One of the Moirai? But she never had any problems going against her 🤨
My absolute favorite mythological character ever. Love her story and her concept.
Nothing has changed really. Women are still blamed for their own rapes.It’s a women’s fault she’s attractive? Rape is NOT based on how attractive a victim is. Rape is based on power, control, anger & hatred. I’ve always liked Medusa. She was a victim and another woman was part of her pain and betrayal. This fact alone hurt the most, I’m guessing.
ur words r truely powerful..... u write well
Ikr Athena punished her even though she was the victim
FACTS! These people (Men and women alike), that sexually harass others be the SAME people that doesn't wanna be touched by a person that's the same gender as them, but has no problem touching a person of the opposite sex without consent whatsoever.
Well in our culture a war was fought to regain the honour of a woman between Dharma and adharma that war is known as Mahabharata when Ravana kidnapped devi sita a war between Ram and Ravana happened lust ego and arrogance of Ravana lost to the love dharma and calmness of Lord Ram
@@kartikeysingh1429 It isn’t Mahabharata but it is Ramayan
Kind of sad when Hades is the only 'good' deity. Yet he is the one most commonly portrayed as the bad guy.
I think a Hades video is required soon!
@gabriel raspatelly
Despite that, he seems more good than the rest of the Gods
@gabriel raspatelly depending on which version you look at, it was Zeus's idea. It was also an era where kidnapping you bride was socially acceptable.
@gabriel raspatelly
Its really differing on the interpretation ^^'
Most of them, he really was just socially awkward and she was chill with it so I guess its really just how you see it or what you read. He still always treated her as his equal.
@@kappa_studios not only was she chill with it and treated pretty okay-ly, she wasn't cheated on every 30 seconds (*COUGH COUGH ZEUS COUGH*)
Athena “you used your body to seduced him and you shall be cursed for all eternity.”
Also Athena “I shall put Medusa’s head on my shield and use it to protect evil.”
So technically Athena and everyone who served her is more evil the Medusa. Still wish she got back at Athena
Ikr. That would be one of the unforgettable moment in myth if ever Medusa got her revenge on Athena. Moreso if she use the ability that Athena gave her. It would be epic.
medusa is kind athena was jealous of her beauty from the start and blamd medusa for getting raped
I agree..
Ikr-
To protect Athena from evil, which is herself..
Such ironic, even gods has their own flaws
You recite the story in a very interesting way that it catches everybody's attention. Thank you so much for this story. It gave me a few learnings of how world may react even when you are very truthful and loyal to them
I think she doesn't know how and why she is a monster this time is good
I wish someone would do a live action movie of this story. I know she has been shown in movie but nobody has done her story alone.
Medusa even covered her eyes the entire time she was in heaven or when she was with someone in order to not hurt anyone because of hers eyes of petrification.
Perseus only able to kill Medusa because she was only mortal in all of the 3 sisters others two are immortals. That's why Perseus ran from the island after killing Medusa because he can't kill other two even after having all these amazing weapons.
And you know after Medusa died those two sister kill each other by eating each other.
aww :(
Where did you see this?
Pk les 2 sœurs ont fait sa ?
@@jeannedemba6120 can you tell me in english about what you are asking because i don't known koren
@@sopasnamainitpa You can see it in Wikipedia of medusa story even in there you will not gonna find about her sisters. As you may have seen that her sisters are not mention much outside medusa story and I got this info a long time ago so I don't remember the correct site where i found about their deaths and since they are myth I think you may have found something different because no one has a clear data of what exactly happens. and if you found the site i will tell you.
I have read many versions of greek mythology, and what I have learned and what my mind says, yes you are right, Medusa was a victim and misunderstood by everyone. and I had hoped she would get the justice she deserved but unfortunately in almost every single interpretation she has te same fate.
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
It's only in one version where she has this fate and it's a Roman one. In Greek mythology she as always a monster.
@@Eleni1002 your reference? Almost all stories I've found about Medusa is the same and that is Medusa being the victim!
@@KrishnaKaanthKamatam My reference is Hesiod's Theogony, one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek literature, right next to the Iliad and the Odyssey, written in 650 BC. Your reference is Ovid, a Roman poet who wrote his myths in 8 AD (that's almost 700 years after Hesiod) and who also had an anti authorian agenda and rewrote a bunch of myths to make the gods seem worse than usual. FYI he rewrote the Arachne myth too. He's the only person who writes the story of Medusa as a victim and as I said, he's not even Greek. He's Roman. In Hesiod she's born a hideous monster, sleeps with Poseidon with no mention of assault and that's all. All the stories you've seen are people retelling Ovid's story. Look for actual sources, not random articles. Ovid's works are basically fanfics.
@@Eleni1002 Okay first of all sorry for speaking without looking into it much deeper, but still I don't want to accept the fact that a girl has to remain a victim all her without getting even a little bit of justice, it's so harsh! Thanks for your reference tho! I'll look into it.
Even as a monster Medusa still looks beautiful Too bad you can’t look at her
I remember seeing this show based on Jason and the argonaugts and Hercules was among the crew. in the show it was revealed that Hercules had fallen in love with Medusa and she felt the same. He was well aware that she was a gorgon but that didn't faze him in the slightest. He couldn't touch her, he couldnt look directly at her, but he didn't mind one bit.
" Hearing your voice is enough "
He even discovered that there was a way to reverse her curse, but to do that, Medusa would have to turn him to stone. Hercules was completely at peace with this and was willing to sacrifice himself for her sake. This was by far the most wholesome and heroic version of Hercules I had ever seen. You would think that Hercules would be the LAST person to fall in love with a monster considering his history. I liked that show because it painted Medusa as a lonely soul instead of a villian, bitter from betrayal but a genuinely good person at heart. that show was decades ahead of its time.
@@taylorschott4659 she wore sunglasses 🕶 so they can make eye contact
@@taylorschott4659
Ave also watch the show you just narrated.
@@taylorschott4659 a show? By any chance would you be able to drop a link? I would love to watch this!
@@voidofusall2675 no, unfortunately I saw it as a kid, and im 20 now. I have no idea what it was called. im sorry, if I did remember the name, i,d tell you.
Medusa was infact a victim and deeply misunderstood. She indeed experience a lot of physical and mental pain which turned her into a monster, which initially she wasn't.
I wish someone, a director could make a movie about medusa 😪 its dramatic,sad and a tragic history...injustice and jealous, great elements for the perfect movie about this gorgeous character once beautifull and sadly becomed a monster against her will...
Kratos killed all the gods . Medusa soul found peace
Don't spoil it
but also he kills the medusa´s sisters :(
you'll be wrong to think that version of Medusa is the only canon one. And he didn't killed all the gods, only thoses who weren't a hot female that he could fuck.
God of War is shit
Most of the gods*
The problem with Medusa is that she was written by Ovid a Roman poet which may interpret Medusa another way to make her story more appealing and intriguing. Greek mythology doesn’t have a strict canon, so when Roman conquered Greek they incorporated some of their religion into Greek religion. Because Ovid is a roman his version of Medusa tends to be more romantic and political not religious. Also, Ovid hated Greek mythology.
It also has to do with the fact that the Romans favored Ares while the Greeks favored Athena so Ovid's version of the Medusa story was to make Athena look bad. In Greek myth, she's actually one of the most fair and just of the gods. I mean, Artemis killed a poor hunter just because he accidentally saw her naked while Athena made another guy who saw her naked blind but gave him the gift of prophecy or something like that to make up for it.
Ovid was massively anti-authoritarian, he had a habit of writing a lot of classical stories in ways that portrayed the gods as cruel and vicious. There is actually a more original version written by the Greek poet Hessiod that portrays Medusa as being born a monster, one of three Gorgon sisters.
@@torazely Yeah. According to the Greeks, Medusa was always a gorgon along with her sisters. She was the daughter of Typhon and Echidna, I believe. With the Greek gods, some are cruel while other more benevolent. Athena was actually a generous goddess. She gave Arachne a chance to redeem herself when she boasted that she could weave better than Athena herself instead of just punishing her right away so its only logical to think that she wouldn't punish an innocent woman for being raped. Ares was actually a cruel Greek god but the Romans portrayed him as being more benevolent and wise.
@@Elly3981 Phorcys and Ceto, actually, are their parents. (fun fact, that makes them the sisters of the Graeae). but it is nice seeing there are other people who know the original story rather than the Roman retcon that has been popularized in modern day.
@@torazely Ironically, modern depictions of Medusa in popular culture still depict her as being beautiful and sexy. She just has her iconic snake hair and snake tail in movies and video games.
The gods were not merciful. Athena was jealous of Medusa's beauty and used this excuse to exert her jealous wrath.
You’re right...I think it’s jealousy
That's true
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
that's the Roman version.
it's literally written by a Roman poet named ovid. ovid who hates the Greeks and their gods, loves to ruin myths. so pls do your research.
@@alepatera thanks for that
Thank you again: your research is amazing, your narrations are unparalleled, and your voice is calming, well modulated and a pleasure to hear.
The story I learned is that she was basically born a gorgon and lived one of the most evil gorgons, of course eventually slayed by Perseus as ordered by king polydectes who was holding his mother.
That’s believed to be the original tale, this one is a retelling done by a Roman poet
That's the original version, the iteration where she's assaulted is from Roman literature, not mythology
There is another interpretation of this myth that Athena have Medusa the ability to turn anyone that looked at her to stone to protect her from being assaulted again. Some safe havens for women put up a Medusa head because of it because it was said that she protects women.
I like this version. Athena giving the power to the victim who was never at fault.
@@swastikasingh4458 did Athena give the hero you killed Medusa the thing that let him kill her?
@@mjcsandboxgames4021 well even that works with this interpretation. If based on this interpretation, Athena chose to bore this power back to Medusa so that she could stay protected yet herself be powerless against the mighty Olympian god Poseidon because Nepotism would always save him from receiving any harsh punishment then she would do that to make the playing field level. Just so that no man can touch Medusa again without facing the consequences.
But, how I see it, when one doesn't get closure and justice for a long time, that grief and pain manifests itself into something so ugly (almost like a black hole) within the soul. Medusa slowly transforming herself to a monster or lashing out relentlessly while internally screeching for help, would only want the gods to rid her of this existence. Athena being the god Medusa worshipped and prayed with all her soul, would be able to see that change in her.
If Athena wanted to get rid of Medusa in the 1st place, then she would never have needed to give her all this power. So even equipping Perseus with shield to ward off the gaze, the indication was only her gaze was to be defeated as that made her a monster she never was.
In short. Poseidon was supposed to be punished but nepotism and god of the sea >>>>> Athena ---> Power given to Medusa under the disguise of punishment.
time passed and no closure + injustice from olympians on being violated ---> Medusa developed a crushed soul and was transforming into the monster (lashing out when not needed or refusing to seek help externally) ----> Athena wanted to end her misery so created a shiny shield (or made her shield shiny) to ward off the gaze.
Athena gave the shield to Perseus and rest is how it played out.
@@justabalrogwithinterenetac2602 It is possible, I suppose, given the above interpretation that Medusa eventually found the gift a great curse and she herself wished to be freed from it. If so, you could make the leap that Athena was helping Medusa be free of her curse by aiding Perseus in Medusa's destruction.
@@swastikasingh4458 This is exactly the version I was taught. You should blog about this somewhere.
Athena wanted to hurt Poseidon but he was the brother to hades and Zeus so she could not do anything and was pissed also Athena though Medusa had been seduced so she was pissed so since she can’t do anything to Poseidon she took her anger on Medusa also the gods really don’t care about humans they were only made to give the gods pleasure nothing else so the gods really do what they want.
Duh, they're gods. Humanity is not even their creation. But i also have to point out that version of Medusa is roman in origin, written by Ovid who has a big problem with autoritie and thus, written gods as paralleles of the peoples in powers.
no our hindu gods are the pure form of gods they never hurt any good person plese do not claim it every gods
@@Broxsher don't want to be mean but one of the three main gods is know as the god of destruction. Literaly destruction. Isn't there also a goddess name Kali who was very bent in bloodshed? didn't Shiva also beheaded Ganesha who guarded the bathroom of Parvarti in which he wanted to enter uninvited?
@@efaristi9737 it is the destiny of ganesha so that to make ganesha pure mind like that elephant has because ganesha is made by dirt of parvati so his mind is also made up of that please man study all the holy books of hindu's then you realize what I am saying🤔
@@Broxsher And the fact that was his destiny make it okay to decapitate him?! or to violate the intimity of his wife? You have a weird perception of what is acceptable.
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This is a Roman retcon of the original though
can you guys at the very least fix it to say and Roman considering you kept focus on the Roman version basically the entire time everyone in this comment section is angry with the Greek gods when they should be angry at Ovid and his.....very different way of re-telling an extremely beautiful interpretation of these myths Homer and hesiod wrote.
hey, not wanting to be rude, but this is the roman version of the myth.
the greek version (or original version) is that Medusa is one of the three gorgons (Stheno, the Mighty, Euryale, the Far Springer, and Medusa, the Queen)
hope you fix this soon :)
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As much as I like this version
This was a retelling by a Roman named Ovid. The original, written by Hessiod, had her born as a monster, along with her sisters. Ovid had a habit of rewriting stories to portray the gods as villains due to his massive anti-authoritarian personality.
then what's the truth ?
@@stargirI777 as far as we can tell, Hesiod was the first to tell the tale. In his, Medusa was born a monster as one of the three Gorgon sisters, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto and sisters of the three Graeae.
@@stargirI777 all we know for sure is not Ovid
I love ur way of story telling....keep going brother....love from India
Thank you so much 😀
Her being a betrayed priestess isn't part of any Greek mythology, it comes from the Roman poet Ovid who hated the gods and was bitter about being exiled by Emperor Augustus for sleeping with his daughter. Ovid was very anti-authoritarian and even for his time considered an edge lord.
Was she born monster???
@@omamahhshaikhh6396 As a Greek of Cyprus we done some mythology in elementary school, so no she was not born a monster. I remember that one well. But I am some decades older than now, since then so I do not remember much.
Yea! When Cassandra was raped in Athena’s temple, it’s said that Athena wept for her. Why would she curse Medusa for the same thing? She was born a gorgon like her sisters
Well he is lmaoo
@@universalspaceexpeditioner8259 as a Greek from Athens, I can assure you that in all 22 Greek sources we possess, she had been born a monster. She was a Gorgon just like her sisters.
Some of those drawings were spectacularly beautiful!
So they Gods forsake her and instead of giving her aid in her time of need, made her the villain and on decided to aid and idolise the hero to take her down. Dang...trully unfair.
You know what I bet? Perseus was probably never even told about Medusa’s origin and was just told she was a monster nothing more
congratulation you fell for old propaganda no joke. no joke this is Ovid's version of the mid and he had a hate boner for greek gods so he wrote them as bad guys.
Yes
I agree with you
That version of Medusa is not even Greek!
Wow, thats not at all like Old World gods. Oh wait... thats exactly their vibe.
The tattoo of Medusa has a deep meaning actually. It’s a symbol of survival most people get it to show their strength from overcoming SA or r*pe. “She is seen as a symbol of power after s*xual assault and combatting the culture of victim-blaming as a woman made into a monster for her own r*pe.”
Actually, in the early version of Medusa: the thing people should note is: The story of her being a victim was written after her origins were already established. While the story of her being cursed is an interesting take, it's not her real story. Medusa was born a gorgon, and she died a gorgon, though she was the only one of her sisters to be mortal.
My teacher of Latin tells alot about Greek myths and history and i heard about Medusa so i was curious! im glad i found it here! ❤️
This isn't the original story. This is the mistranslated roman version. The original story is that Medusa was born a Gorgon, along with her two sisters.
However, a roman poet mistranslated it to paint Athena and Poseidon as the bad guys.
Wow what a shady, twisted story about Medusa because of a jealousy situation that turns her into one of the best villainess vixens in the world. Misunderstood by a misunderstanding love triangle tragically events. My hearts goes out to her completely. She will get her justice one day.
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
@@alepatera I saw you say that on multiple comments now, and I have a question just because I am curious. I don't know the real story, but why was she born the only mortal gorgon? Is there anything to that in the original? Even if this story is not true, I kinda like it more to be honest. It would explain why she was the only mortal gorgon because she was made artificially, and it gives the story more depth IMHO. I think people should just believe what they like ^^
@@dontlewdthesploot5979 There’s a difference between liking a story and believing that’s the tale people from that religion used to portray their gods. This version of the story was written by a Roman who hated authority while the original (most likely the original) had Medusa a Gorgon from the beginning.
A lot of people, myself included, believe Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon as a gift. Medusa never wanted to be touched by a man, and if another man ever tried to touch her again he would get what he deserved. Athena wasn’t strong enough to fight off Poseidon, but she was able to make sure it never happened again.
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
First, read what alexandra said.
Second, don't think too hard about it. This version you've seen is the rewritten version made by Ovid, who wanted to paint all figures of Authority as pricks. So if you want the most realistic version of what Ovid was trying to say, it's as follows. "Athena is a bitch who cursed a Hot woman, because of Jealousy. Poseidon is a fucked up Rapist, and gets off on ruining peoples lives.". Not very romantic in the end is it? That's why instead of thinking about the mistranslations, you should only think about the original story, after all the originals were based on religion, whilst the retold versions are based on politics.
i don't think so. It's just like you are romanticizing the so called "punishment" of a jealous goddess to an innocent woman. She offered her loyalty and devotion but she give her her doom.
@@linkin5088 yea that's why it's not accurate
@@th-lm8rg I'm aware that the translation is not accurate, I literally stated that in my comment...
this is the roman version of the tale of medusa, prior to roman poets changing the story, she was a monstrous creature just as her sisters with wings that laid with poseidon and bore pegasus in or around 800 BCE, some 700 years later roman poets change the story to her being beautiful and human, cursed by minerva (sometimes athena) for being "violated" (sometimes willing other times not) by neptune in her temple.
children of ancient greek would wear a mask of her face, adults would use her face to ward off evil.
Absolutely love this channel
Kratos: and that’s why I killed all of the gods
he killed Medusa.
@@JayJayM57 when he was tasked by the gods if he rebelled from the very beginning probably he and Medusa could’ve had a Mimir style partnership
@@thetophatnerd2664 irrelevant, also he wouldn't had rebelled if he dealt with properly writing Greek Gods. This story was re-writing by Odis and he had a hate boner for the Greek Gods. This is not the original version. Medusa was born a gorgon and Poseidon seduce her.
@@JayJayM57 look the Greek mythology is just a bunch of stories written by several authors with no official canon whatsoever so let’s just agree to disagree okay?
@@thetophatnerd2664 half agreed, we have a source for Greek mythology is mycenaean Greece. You can enjoy which ever version you like but we have a foundation and Ovid is not part of it. He was just pathetic man with authority issues and a hate boner for Greek culture. You can like Ovid version.
The REAL STORY is that Medusa was raped by Poseidon so she turned to Athena for help and Athena grants Medusa her wish which turned out to be her cursed so remember two things:
1. Be careful what you wish for cause if can become true
And 2. Behind every curse there's a blessing and behind every "blessing" there's a lesson to be learned
That is not the real story, it is A story based on a story made by Ovidius. Before the story of Ovidius (metamorphoses) about Medusa, Medusa was born a gorgon, that is the original. Ovidius was a Roman poet who had a problem with authority who made/changed mythes to show how the gods like to mess with people's lives. In Ovid's story Medusa was changed to gorgon by Athena after being raped by Poseidon because Athena said that Medusa was disgusting and changed her outwards appearence to what Athena felt was her inwards appearence.
The OG story is that Medusa was always a gorgon.
The story based on that was Ovid's story that paintes Athena as a cruel godess who changed Medusa out of disgust.
The story based on that is the story you say is the REAL STORY which it is not, it is A story.
False, you are just retelling a Roman retcon of the original myths
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
@@alepatera The Roman story was not a mistranslation, it was a retelling/reimagining by the Roman poet Ovidius
What is the "lesson" to be learnt can you athena stans tell me?🤣🤣
Her story always makes me cry
This is my favorite version of the story because it represents many things, but Medusa was always a Gorgon.
This is an amazing story & life of medusa... It should be made into an epic movie ,this would be fantastic 😁
so, coincidentally enough based on the conflicting folklore, I feel like the overall story could be that, maybe Medusa was human but her family lineage was gorgon, that might've made her unique enough for Athena to have expected more of her, &then of course her transformation am just not gonna find it surprising, that turns out that when Athena couldn't confront Posiden, all she could do was bestow Medusa an ability of her choosing, if Medusa asked for a means never to be attacked by others again, thus Athena gave her the power of petrification, basically the perfect way to protect herself actually wound-up turning her into a dangerous monster, also the head returned Athena and made into aegis, (other than the full circle) symbolically the vibe it gives off feels like the victim(her likeness) trying to protect others from similar fates,
Why everytime someone want to talk about Medusa, they use only the version of Ovid? It wouldn't hurt to nuance things and brings up the actuals greeks versions with the roman one. Most of the hate Athena get because of it is unjustified.
I Hope Medusa is in a better place then she was in
@TheVolourn she is
In the Original Tail Madusa was born A gorgon, then in later versions of the tail the roman poet Ovid told a different story of her being Raped by Posiden then cursed into a monster by Athena to villanize the Greek gods. This tail is still valid though and should be recognized and told to spread awareness of sexual assault.
I love Greek Mythology, glad i came across your channel
There's many stories of Medusa, this is just one of them, specifically I think an Ovid work, who was a Roman. Greek mythology said she was the daughter of two chthonic monsters and was always a gorgon.
If anything, this tale is just Ovid's fan fiction.
Exactly
thank u omg
Thank you so much for this story! Amazing! 👏👏👏👏
@TheVolourn it doesn't matter. The way he was describing it. It felt so real . Sorry English is not my first language. But I liked the story very much . 🙂🌞
@@LEOLeo-kk8fu it’s ok..same here with me
We need a Medusa Movie featuring Madonna and Athena can be Jolie.
In some versions I heard Athena "cursed" Medusa for her own protection and her sister for company so she wouldn't be alone on the island. So many versions...would be good if one day we find the original stories.
That story doesn’t work cause Athena sent someone to kill her and put her in a shield the original is that Medusa was already a gorgon.
I never knew that Medusa's story was this tragic
Not sure why a lot of people are trying to force a contemporary interpretation to a Greek mythological story in the comment section. Even if different interpretations are possible, these should come with an understanding of the Greek world and time especially to avoid misreading the story based on personal opinions and experiences...
Because this version of the myth isn’t even in Greek mythology. It was made by a Roman poet who hated the Greeks, their gods, and authority. He rewrote a bunch of old myths including this one.
daily reminder that in greek mythology medusa was always a gorgon, and this myth was written much later by roman poet Ovid
exactly!!!
This is the Roman version of the story invented by Ovid. In the original Greek Medusa had always been a Gorgon, even when Poseidon slept with her.
He was rock hard either way.
@@James-qn3wi you’re done, you’re done.
Saturnalia No I ain't, she also gives others kidney stones. c:
@@James-qn3wi Understandable have a good day.
this was greatly explained and very easy to understand, kudos to u
Thank you for this beautiful story
Medusa has always been fascinating.
You not a villain but you are a great hero
Id date medusa just because im in love with her stories she sounds completely passionate until shes betrayed
I'd be careful, she might try to turn you to stone. I'd be mega careful of Stheno and Euryale.
@@whoknows7889 at least id be imortal until erosion gets me
@@NSWSPIRITWOLF yeah.
Funfact: I came here to learn about Medusa, but stayed back to here the narrator's accent...it's just AMAZING
Love all the amazing drawings of Medusa!
Wow this is deep. I feel for Medusa now 💔
My respects for Kratos grew
You do know that the myth with Medusa being cursed was written by a guy who loved to rewrite myths where gods screw over mortals since he hated people with power like making Athena petty and turn a woman into a spider when she’s one of the chillest of the goddesses Medusa was always a monster it’s more like this version was more propaganda then based on any previous writings passed down
Really? Never heard of this story, I was taught that this a beautiful, lady of power and respect, who lived on an Caribbean with her family and people. Her hair ( as most people who lived there ) was worn in the natural loc style. When a ship of Greeks sailing the waters came across her, having never seen such beauty, was both shocked and amazed ! Part of their description of her was that “she had hair of snakes”. From this maybe the story of “Medusa” developed. Sometimes when people don’t understand or come across something very different the fill in the blanks with what they assume...... just a thought, I wasn’t there.
Man I've been involved in Holy Torah based warfare for seven years and it's just so relieving to remember Greek explaination, this wraps up so much apocalypse in such an intimate and emotional device, go Greek and don't turn back 🥲
I don't know what to like more, the video.. or the comment section discussions and thoughts. So many high-end perspectives.
The fact that Medusa is on of my favorite villains pains me 😭😭
This isn’t the original version of Medusa. The oldest known version was that she was born a gorgon and never cursed.
I like the version of the story that says Athena gave Medusa her appearance and powers as a form of protection against men who would do what Poseidon did.
This isn't Greek mythology, it's roman literature.
In the Greek myth Medusa was a natural born gorgon, along with her two sisters; stheno and Euryale, and she actively preyed on young women and virgins.
The iteration where she's assaulted and turned into a gorgon by Athena is a more recent adaption written by a Roman poet, Ovid, in his metamorphosis. He wrote this intentionally to be controversial as anti-greek propaganda because he wanted to portray their gods in as bad a light as possible (particularly Athena, as he was kicked out of Athens). That's not to say that the Greek gods are good, they definitely aren't, but Medusa isn't a victim of anything, she was never assaulted and she was never a beautiful priestess who was punished for being assaulted.
I'm not saying it's not okay for people to discuss this version or anything (not that I could stop anyone from doing so), but please label it as what it is; Roman literature. Not Greek mythology.
One of my favourite stories that I had a fascination with since childhood. Really wish Medusa got back at Athena though. Huff.
Thank you for this story, I loved it. 💚💚💚💚💚
Medusa was born a Gorgon just like two sisters. This priestess victim story is a Roman mistranslation. It's not the true story.
@@alepatera Thank you Hun, Merry Christmas xxx
@@alepatera It’s not even a Roman mistranslation but a straight rewrite by the Roman poet Ovid. He hated authority and used Greek gods to represent it. He did it with lots of Greek myths
One of the Villians that you just love. You just can not help it. There are different stories though.
I honestly feel bad for Medusa she was ether caut in the middle of the a feud between her goddess and Poseidon and I can’t help but what happened to her and if she was cursed with immortality (like we hear in children movies and modern mythology)
Sadly she was not given justice
@John Calder wow that's very good and servers her right
@John Calder WRONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE INTERNET LATELY.....THE GREEKS HAVE BUILT SMALLER AREAS TO WORSHIP THE GREEK GODS BECAUSE THE OLD ONES ARE WAY TOO OLD TO BE IN.....AND GOOD NUMBER OF AMERICANS THEMSELVES OPENLY WORSHIP THE GODS....WHO HAVE LEFT CHRISTIANITY....YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AROUND😕😕😕
@@mariamnazir7218 SHE STILL HAS DEVOTEES ONLINE AND EVERYWHERE ELSE....NONE OF THIS EVER REALLY STOPPED JUST.... CLOSETED
@@angelnicolemclean4454 I am a Greek and you speak nonsense. No Greek actually worships these false entities. The insignificant few that pretend they do, they do it for attention.
Love the Eye-Color on the Thumbnail Beautiful 🥰😚😏
Thank you. Very informative.
I always felt that Athena loved Medusa, so after Medusa was assaulted, Athena gifted her/saved her with the power to turn men to stone and any man that sees her will no longer be interested. I also find it fitting that Medusas head is used is many instances to ward away evil. Some even say buildings with Medusa on them were safe havens for women escaping violent husbands. This version makes more sense to me... but men get real pressed when I share it haha
The head of Medusa was used in the shields of soldiers to scare their enemies, this "female shelters" thing was invented by Tumblr
And considering the fact that Medusa once claimed to be more beautiful than Athena, these two just hated each other
This protection against men get's weird when you remember that Athena helped(a man) Perseus into killing Medusa
In the original ancient Greek version of the myth Medusa was born a monster like her sisters l. She was not a victim.
Poseidon : So the rumors are true.
Medusa: Rumors? What rumors?
Poseidon : a woman more beautiful than Athena does live here.
Medusa: N- no! That's not true!
This story will always be my favorite.
Wow, I was never told that version thank you for sharing
There is more to this story than meets the eye... hehehe
All she needs is some sunglasses from Amazon. She’s actually hilarious once you get to know her.
That's why during the old ancient times, love was always forbidden because it blinds us from our duties
Greek mythology can sometimes make your soul shiver
Great story. I didn't know much about her. Thanks. 💗😁
Here's the Medusa story I read: Medusa was very loyal to Athena and was thankful to the goddess for always protecting Athens city.
Medusa being the head priestess of Athena's shrine wanted to bring more people to come and worship and prey as appreciation to the goddess.
Medusa idolized Athena so much that she vowed to be a pure virgin like the goddess Athena and to never lose her faith to her, however...
Medusa was naive thinking that the men who came to visit Athena's shrine was to show their thanks to the goddess, but the men were just there to stare at Medusa beauty.
Medusa was often showing more skin then the other priestesses of Athena thinking that she had the goddess protection at all times.
A rumor started to spread about Medusa beauty more men came to Athena's shine to look at Medusa. The men started to say that Medusa was more beautiful than Athena.
Athena hearing what the men were saying and the romurs about Medusa, Athena started to observe Medusa closely.
Athena after watching Medusa for many days started to wonder if Medusa was only using her shrine to get attention.
Medusa shamefully floating her looks in front of pervy men annoyed the prideful virgin goddess, but Athena was not hateful nor resentful of Medusa seeing has she still was faithful to Athena by keeping her chastity.
Athena and Poseidon were having an argument about who's gift was more worthy for the people of Athens city, the fisher men voted for Poseidon's gift and the maidens who live on land voted for Athena's gift which became a tie, so they asked Zeus for the final vote.
Zeus voted for Athena's gift over his own brother, Athena was Zeus's is favourite child after all.
This made Poseidon very anger wanting to get back at Athena some how, noticing Athena's sudden fascination with her head priestess Medusa this gave Poseidon an disgusting idea to get revenge on Athena.
Poseidon tried to seduce Medusa which made her flattered Medusa still wanting to be pure for Athena turned Poseidon offer down.
Poseidon after looking at Medusa body closer became mad with lust trying to grab Medusa she ran away from him and went to Athena's shrine yelling for the goddess to come and save her.
Medusa holding the goddess's statue preyed and begged for Athena to help her. But it was to late Poseidon forced himself on Medusa and impregnated her.
Athena emerged from her statue with hatred and rage having her head priestess and shrine defiled by one of her rivals was a very huge insult to the virgin goddess, Medusa crying at the Athena's feet while still asking her for help.
Athena said to Medusa, because of your carelessness and inappropriate behavior you have brought this upon yourself!
Medusa begging Athena forgiveness asking for her protection. Athena cast a spell on Medusa so that any men who look at her will turn into stone and to think of it has both a blessing and a curse.
Medusa hair transformed into snakes her eyes became yellow and demonic her lower body turned into that of a serpent.
Any men or beast that would attacked Medusa would turn into stone when she looked at them.
Medusa lonely and depressed went to try to get her last bit of humanity left by creating a small shrine for Athena.
Medusa preying for Athena to put her out of her lonely misery. Athena starting to feel pity for Medusa knowing she could not undo her spell asked Perseus to cut her head so that she could rest in peace.
Athena gave Perseus a mirror and told him to have Medusa look at it but don't look at Medusa or you'll turn to stone.
After Perseus cuts Medusa head off Pegasus was born from her body. Perseus gave Medusa head to Athena, Athena put Medusa head on her shield immortalizing her for eternity.
Medusa will forever be by Athena's side as her favorite priestess and strongest weapon.
The reason why Athena never took revenge on Poseidon was because it would start a war among gods, which it's something even Zeus avoids.
Rāvaṇa had a similar situation as Medusa and Rāma being like Phoebus (another womaniser)
I'm starting to notice Athena was the pettiest goddess in mythology
The version I was taught and somewhat remember goes like this. Meduas was mortal and so were her parents. She was extremely beautiful and arrogant about it. She Evetually compared herself to one of the gods (don't remember which one). She was turned into the gorgon as punishment.
Isn't that the tale of Arachne?
your version is archanes version lmao
She was BORN a gorgon
Similar to Arachne's story, but I was also taught that one growing up, she declared she was more beautiful than either Aphrodite or Athena, then got cursed for it. But I was also told the story that she was born a Gorgon with her sisters
@@connorreeve9922 the gorgon story is the original greek story
Brilliantly presented..well done
Many thanks!
*your beauty never scared me.*
A villain is just a victim whose story was never heard
I remember reading the story of Medusa as a kid and being mad in high school when people were praising Zeus and the others acting like they were not assholes. 😡
It's mostly for Poseidon's and Athena's fault. (If I made a mistake in spelling some words correct me)
Beautiful video!!!
These mythologies are such of greatest interesting things
Jeez, poor Medusa