Medusa 's serpentine plaub hau teev nws sib nrug los ntawm lwm cov cim dab neeg.
Medusa yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg txawv dua los saum ntuj los ntawm ancient Greece mythology. Ib tug ntawm ib tug trio ntawm Gorgon viv ncaus, Medusa yog tus muam xwb uas tsis txawj tuag. Nws yog famed rau nws cov snake zoo li cov plaub hau thiab nws gaze, uas dhau cov neeg uas saib nws mus rau pob zeb.
Tus foom phem
Lus dab neeg hais tias Medusa yog ib zaug zoo nkauj, avowed priestess Athena uas tau raug foom tsis zoo rau kev rhuav tshem nws cov lus cog tseg. Nws tsis yog ib tug vajtswv lossis Olympian , tab sis qee qhov kev hloov ntawm nws cov lus dab neeg hais tias nws tau nrog ib tug.
Thaum Medusa muaj kev ywjpheej nrog lub hiav txwv Vajtswv Poseidon , Athena raug nplua nws. Nws muab Medusa mus rau hauv ib qho kev txaj muag, ua rau nws cov plaub hau rau writhing snakes thiab nws cov tawv nqaij tau hloov hawj greenish. Tus neeg uas xauv ntsia nrog Medusa tau hloov mus rau hauv pob zeb.
Hero Perseus tau raug xa mus rau Wisconsin quest los tua Medusa. Nws muaj peev xwm kov yeej Gorgon los ntawm lopping tawm nws lub taub hau, uas nws muaj peev xwm ua los ntawm sib ntaus nws xav txog nyob rau hauv nws heev polished shield. Tom qab ntawd, nws siv nws lub taub hau ua ib riam phom los tua cov yeeb ncuab rau lub pob zeb. Tus duab ntawm Medusa lub taub hau tau muab tso rau hauv Athena tus kheej armor lossis ua rau nws daim thaiv npog.
Medusa lub kab ntawv
Ib tug ntawm peb tug muam Gorgon, Medusa yog tib tug neeg uas tsis txawj tuag. Lwm ob tug muam hu ua Stheno thiab Euryale. Gaia qee zaum hais tias yog leej niam Medusa; lwm qhov chaw pabcuam thaum ntxov hiav txwv deev Phorcys thiab Ceto raws li cov niamtxiv ntawm lub npe ntawm Gorgons. Feem ntau nws ntseeg tias nws tau yug los ntawm dej hiav txwv.
Cov neeg sau paj huam Hesiot tau sau hais tias Medusa nyob ze rau ntawm Hesperides nyob rau sab hnub poob hauv lub hiav txwv ze Sarpedon. Herodotus cov keeb kwm hais tias nws lub tsev yog Libya.
Nws feem ntau suav tias yog txiv neej, tab sis nws tau pw nrog Poseidon. Ib tus account hais tias nws tau sib yuav Perseus. Raws li ib tug ntawm consorting nrog Poseidon, nws yog hais rau tau yug Pegasus , lub winged nees, thiab Chrysaor, lub hero ntawm lub Golden ntaj.
Muaj qee qhov nyiaj tau hais tias nws ob tug qoob loo tau tawm ntawm nws lub taub hau.
Medusa nyob rau hauv Temple Lore
Hauv lub caij nyoog ancient, nws tsis tau muaj ib lub tuam tsev. Nws hais tias Artemis tuam tsev hauv Corfu qhia txog Medusa hauv daim ntawv kos archaic. Nws yog tshwm sim raws li lub cim ntawm fertility hnav khaub ncaws nyob rau hauv ib txoj siv ntawm intertwined nab.
Nyob rau hauv lub caij niaj hnub, nws cov duab carved adorns pob zeb tawm ntawm tus ntug dej hiav txwv ntawm nrov Red Beach lwm Matala , Crete. Kuj, tus chij thiab emblem ntawm Sicily feature nws lub taub hau.
Medusa hauv Art thiab Cov Ntawv Sau
Thaum mus txog tim Nkij teb chaws, muaj ntau qhov kev xa mus rau Medusa tswv yim ntawm Greek writers Hyginus, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Dionysios Skytobrachion, Herodotus, thiab Roman sau phau ntawv Ovid thiab Pindar. Thaum nws pom hauv daim duab, feem ntau tsuas yog nws lub taub hau xwb. Nws muaj lub ntsej muag ntau, qee zaum nrog tus ntawv, thiab cov nab rau cov plaub hau. Hauv qee qhov kev xav, nws tau fangs, tus nplaig forked, thiab muag qhov muag.
Thaum Medusa feem ntau xav tias yog npau suav, ib qho tswvyim hais ua dabneeg hais tias nws yog qhov zoo nkauj zoo nkauj, tsis yog nws txoj kev vam meej, uas tuag tes tuag taw tag nrho cov neeg soj ntsuam. Nws daim ntawv "monstrous" yog ntseeg los ntawm qee tus kws tshawb fawb los sawv cev rau ib tus neeg tawg ntho-tawg nrog tib neeg pob txha nrog cov hniav pib qhia los ntawm cov ncauj lus.
Daim duab ntawm Medusa tau xav tias yog kev tiv thaiv.
Ancient statuary, bronze shields, thiab cov hlab ntsha muaj cov duab ntawm Medusa. Cov kws ua yeeb yam uas tshwm sim los ntawm Medusa thiab zaj dab neeg Perseus yog Leonardo da Vinci, Benvenuto Cellini, Peter Paul Rubens, Gialorenzo Bernini, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin, thiab Salvador Dali.
Medusa hauv Pop Culture
Tus nab, yog cov duab ntawm Medusa cov duab thaij tam sim ntawd hauv cov kab lis kev cai. Medusa tswvyim hais ua dabneeg tau zoo tshaj plaws vim tias zaj dab neeg tau ua yeeb yam hauv "Clash of the Titans" hauv xyoo 1981 thiab 2010, thiab "Percy Jackson thiab Olympians," nyob rau xyoo 2010, qhov twg Medusa tau ua yeeb yam los ntawm actress Uma Thurman.
Ntxiv nrog rau qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam, qhov cim ntawm kab lus me me tshwm li ib lub cim hauv TV, cov ntawv nyeem, cov duab thaij, cov yeeb yaj kiab video, cov yeeb yaj kiab ua si, feem ntau yog ib qho kev sib nkag siab. Tsis tas li ntawd, zaj dab neeg tau ua zaj nkauj nyob rau hauv zaj nkauj UB40, Annie Lennox, thiab Band Anthrax.
Lub cim ntawm designer thiab fashion icon Versace yog Medusa-lub taub hau. Raws li lub tsev tsim, nws tau xaiv vim nws yog qhov zoo nkauj, kos duab, thiab lub tswv yim.