Medusa (disambiguation)

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 the Trojan king Priam
Medusa, a daughter of Pelias
Medusa, a daughter of Orsilochus

Art and entertainment

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
Medusa (comics), a fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
Medusa (DC Comics), a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications
Medusa, a character in the Kid Icarus game series
Medusa, a monster in the Eggerland game series

Film and TV

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
"Medusa" (Supergirl), a season 2 episode of the TV series

Literature

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

Music

Medusa, a female rap artist affiliated with open-mic workshop Project Blowed, from 1994
Medusa (band), punk-influenced rock band from the UK, active from 1998
Medusa (Annie Lennox album), released in 1995
Medusa (Clan of Xymox album), released in 1986
Medusa (Paradise Lost album), released in 2017
Medusa (Trapeze album), released in 1970
The Medusa, second studio album released in 2002 by New Zealand rock group Tadpole
"Medusa," a song by Anthrax on the 1985 album Spreading the Disease
"Medusa," a song by Sweet on the 1974 album Desolation Boulevard
"Medusa", a song by Jolin Tsai on the 2014 album Play
"The Medusa", a song by The Haunted from the 2006 album The Dead Eye

Paintings

Places

Medousa, Xanthi, Greece
Medusa, New York, United States

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

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

Other uses

Medusa, mobile sexually reproducing life phase of some groups of jellyfish
Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
MEDUSA, a design software program
MEDUSA (weapon)
Operation Medusa, a military operation in Afghanistan
Medusa piercing

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