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Medusa is one of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology.
Medusa may also refer to:
Other mythological figures
- Medusa, a daughter of Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus) and Nicippe
- Medusa, a daughter of Priam
- Medusa, a daughter of Pelias
- Medusa, a daughter of Orsilochus
- Medusa, a child of the Trojan king Priam
Places
- Medousa, Xanthi, Greece
- Medusa, New York, United States
Works of art
Books
- Medusa, a novel by Hammond Innes
- Medusa, a novel by Thomas Thiemeyer
- Medusa (Cussler novel), a novel by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
- Medusa (Dibdin novel), a novel by Michael Dibdin
- Medusa (comics)
- Medusa (Honorverse)
Fictional characters
- Medusa, a Soul Eater character
- Medusa, a Kamen Rider Wizard character
- Medusa, a military unit in the Jason Bourne novel series
- Medusa, a planet in the TV series Star Maidens
- Madame Medusa, a character in The Rescuers
- Medusae, an alien race in the novel The Legion of Space
- Medusa, an antagonist in the Japanese manga Rosario + Vampire
- Rider, a Fate/stay night character
Film and TV
- Medusa, an upcoming film directed by Lauren Faust, released by Sony Pictures Animation
- Medusa, a 1973 film starring George Hamilton and Cameron Mitchell
- Medusa, a film production company owned by Fininvest
- Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful, a mockumentary film
Music
- Medusa (Clan of Xymox album)
- Medusa (Annie Lennox album)
- The Medusa, second studio album released by New Zealand rock group Tadpole
- Medusa (Trapeze album)
- "Medusa", a female rap artist affiliated with Project Blowed
- "Medusa," a song by Anthrax on the album Spreading the Disease
- "Medusa," a song by Sweet on the album Desolation Boulevard
- "Medusa", a song by Jolin Tsai on the album Play
- "The Medusa", a song by The Haunted from The Dead Eye
Astronomy
- Medusa Nebula
- Medusa Galaxy Merger (NGC 4194), pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major
- 149 Medusa, an asteroid
Ships
- French frigate Méduse (1810), which inspired several works of art:
- The Raft of the Medusa, 1818–1819 painting by Théodore Géricault
- Das Floß der Medusa, 1968 oratorio by Hans Werner Henze
- Le Radeau de la Méduse, 1994 French film
- SMS Medusa, a Gazelle-class light cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy
- USS Medusa (1869), a Passaic-class coastal monitor
- USS Medusa (AR-1), a fleet repair ship launched in 1923
- MEDUSA, a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar space travel
Games
- Medusa (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Medusa, a character in the Kid Icarus game series
- Medusa, a monster in the Eggerland game series
- Medusa, the boss of the final chapter of the first book in Bookworm Adventures
- Medusa, a monster in King's Quest III "To Heir is Human."
Roller coasters
- Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a steel floorless roller coaster
- Medusa Steel Coaster, a hybrid roller coaster in Six Flags México
- Bizarro (Six Flags Great Adventure) at Six Flags Great Adventure, which was formerly known as Medusa
Software
- MEDUSA, a design software program
Other uses
- Medusa (biology), mobile sexually reproducing life phase of some groups of jellyfish
- Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
- MEDUSA (weapon)
- Operation Medusa, a military operation in Afghanistan
- Medusa piercing
See also
- Madusa, stage name of professional wrestler Debrah Miceli (born 1964)
- Méduse (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "The Medusa"
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