Izinwele zikaMedusa zinamisa ngaphandle kweminye imifanekiso.
UMedusa ungomnye wabantu bakaThixo abangabonakaliyo bamandulo aseGrisi. Omnye wabazalwana abathathu baseGorgon udadewabo, uMedusa nguye kuphela udade owayengafi. Uyaziwa ngeenwele zakhe ezinjengeenyoka kunye nokukhangela kwakhe, okuguqula abo bamjonga ukuba batye ngamatye.
Uthuka
I-Legend ithi uMedusa wayengumfundisikazi omhle ka- Athena owaqalekiswa ngenxa yokuphula isifungo sakhe sokungena. Akayithathwa njengothixokazi okanye i-Olympian , kodwa ezinye iinguqu kumloko wakhe zithi wadibanisa omnye.
Xa uMedusa wayenomdla kunye nonqulo olunxwemeni u-Poseidon , u-Athena wamgweba. Wajika iMedusa ibe yindawo efihlakeleyo, eyenza izinwele zakhe zibe yizinyoka kunye nekhumba lakhe liguqulwe i-hue eluhlaza. Nabani na ovalelwe ngombono kunye noMedusa waphenduka waba ngamatye.
Iqhawe uPerseus wathunyelwa kwinqaba yokubulala iMedusa. Wayekwazi ukunqoba uGorgon ngokumnqumla intloko yakhe, awayekwazi ukuyenza ngokulwa naye ekubonakalisweni kwakhe kwinqaba. Kamva wasebenzisa intloko yakhe njengesixhobo sokuguqula iintshaba. Umfanekiso wentloko kaMedusa yafakwa kwiinqwelwe zika-Athena okanye kuboniswa kwinqaba yakhe.
Udidi lweMedusa
Omnye wabodade abathathu uGorgon, uMedusa nguye kuphela owayengapheliyo. Abanye odade ababini babe nguSteno no-Euryale. Ngamanye amaxesha uGaia kuthiwa ngumama waseMedusa; Ezinye izinto zikhankanya oothixo bokuqala bezilwandle uPhorcys noCeto njengabazali be-trio yeGorgons. Kukholelwa ukuba wayezalwa elwandle.
Umlobi ongumGrike uHesiod wabhala ukuba uMedusa wayehlala kufuphi neHesperides eWestern Ocean ngaseSarpedon. UHerodeotus umbhali-mlando wathi ekhaya lakhe yiLibya.
Ngokuqhelekileyo uthathwa ngokungatshatanga, nangona walala noPoseidon. I-akhawunti enye ithi watshata noPerseus. Njengomphumo wokubambisana noPoseidon, kuthiwa u- Pegasus , ihashe elinamaphiko kunye noChrysaor, iqhawe lekrele legolide.
Ezinye iingxelo zathi i-spawn yakhe yaphuma ekhanda lakhe elikhethiweyo.
Medusa e Temple Lore
Kwixesha la mandulo, wayengenazo iithempeli ezaziwayo. Kuthiwa itempile yaseArtemis eCorfu ibonisa iMadusa kwifomu ye-archaic. Uyaboniswa njengomqondiso wokuzala owembethe ibhanti yeenyoka ezidibeneyo.
Kwimihla yamhla, umfanekiso wakhe odwebile ugcoba ilitye ukusuka kummandla weLwandle oluLwandle oluLwandle oludumile ngaphandle kweMalala , eKrete. Kwakhona, ifulegi kunye nomqondiso weSicily ubeka intloko yakhe.
Medusa kwi-Art and Works Works
Kulo lonke elaseGrisi lasendulo, kukho iingqungquthela ezininzi kwiingcamango zamaMedusa ngabalobi bamaGrike be-Hyginus, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Dionysios Skytobrachion, uHerodotus, nabalobi bamaRoma u-Ovid noPindar. Xa iboniswe kubugcisa, ngokuqhelekileyo intloko yakhe iboniswa kuphela. Unobuso obanzi, ngamanye amaxesha kunye neentonga, kunye nezinyoka zeenwele. Kweminye imifanekiso, unemfumbo, ulwimi olutyebileyo, kunye neenyawo ezinamaqabunga.
Nangona i-Medusa ibhekwa njengento embi, inkolelo enye ithi ububuhle bakhe obukhulu, kungekhona ububi bayo, balukhubaza bonke ababukeleyo. Ifomu "elimangalisa" likholelwa ngabaphengululi abathile ukuba babonise i-gaze yomntu ehluke ngokukhawuleza ngamazinyo eqala ukubonisa ngemilomo ebola.
Umfanekiso waseMedusa wacingelwa ukuba ukhusela.
Isiqulatho sasendulo, iibhokhwe zethusi kunye neempahla zineenkcukacha zeMedusa. Ibali eyaziwayo ephefumlelwe nguMedusa kunye nembali yamaqhawe kaPerseus ibandakanya uLeonardo da Vinci, uBenvenuto Cellini, uPeter Paul Rubens, uGiannnzo Bernini, uPablo Picasso, u-Auguste Rodin kunye noSalvador Dali.
Medusa kwiCape Culture
Intloko-nyoka, umfanekiso ogqithisileyo weMedusa uvele ngokukhawuleza kwiinkcubeko ezithandwayo. Imfundiso yeMedusa iye yavuya ngokuvuselela ukuqala ekubeni ibali lichazwe kwi-"Clash ye-Titans" kumafilimu ngo-1981 no-2010, kwaye "uPercy Jackson kunye nama-Olympians," ngo-2010, apho uMedusa echazwa ngumdlali we-Uma Thurman.
Ukongezelela kwisikrini sesilivere, umfanekiso wesiganeko ubonakala njengomlingiswa kwiTV, iincwadi, iipatini, imidlalo yevidiyo, imidlalo yokudlala indima, ngokuqhelekileyo njengomchasi. Kwakhona, umlingisi ukhunjulwe ngoma ngomaB40, u-Annie Lennox kunye ne-Anthrax band.
Isimboli se-designer kunye neefowuni yefestile iVersace yiNtloko ye-Medusa. Ngokwezindlu zokwakha, kukhethwa ngenxa yokuba ubonisa ubuhle, ubugcisa kunye nefilosofi.