Izinwele ze-Medusa zibeka eceleni kwakhe kwabanye abalingiswa bendabuko.
I-Medusa ingenye yezibalo zikaNkulunkulu ezingavamile zezinganekwane zaseGrisi zasendulo. Omunye wezintathu zikaGorgon odadewabo, uMedusa wayengudade kuphela owayengafi. Uyaziwa ngezinwele zakhe ezinjengezinyosi nokubukeka kwakhe, okuguqula labo abambhekayo ukuba bamkhande ngamatshe.
Ukusoka
I-Legend ithi uMedusa wayekade engumfundisikazi omuhle we- Athena owaqalekiswa ngokusobala isithembiso sakhe sokungabikho. Akabhekwa njengonkulunkulukazi noma i-Olympian , kodwa ukuhluka okuhlukile emlandweni wakhe kuthiwa wahlangana nomunye.
Ngenkathi uMedusa enesithandana noNkulunkulu wezilwandle uPoseidon , u-Athena wamjezisa. Waphenduka iMedusa ibe yindawo efihlakeleyo, okwenza izinwele zakhe zingene izinyoka futhi isikhumba sakhe sashintshwa umbala ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Noma ubani ovalwe amehlo noMedusa waphenduka waba ngamatshe.
I-hero Perseus ithunyelwe ku-quest yokubulala i-Medusa. Wakwazi ukunqoba iGorgon ngokumisa ikhanda, okwakwazi ukukwenza ngokulwa nokucabanga kwakhe ngesihlangu sakhe esiphezulu kakhulu. Kamuva wasebenzisa ikhanda lakhe njengesikhali sokuphendula izitha. Isithombe sekhanda likaMedusa lafakwa esihlalweni sakhe sokuzivikela sika-Athena noma siboniswe kusihlangu sakhe.
Umdwebo weMedusa
Omunye wabodadewabo bakaGorgon abathathu, uMedusa nguye kuphela owayengafi. Abanye odade ababili kwakunguSteno no-Euryale. Ngezinye izikhathi uGaia kuthiwa ungumama kaMedusa; eminye imithombo icacisa onkulunkulu bokuqala bezilwandle uPhorcys noCeto njengabazali be-trio kaGorgons. Ngokuvamile bakholelwa ukuthi wazalwa olwandle.
Umlobi ongumGreki uHesiod wabhala ukuthi uMedusa wayehlala eduze neHesperides eWestern Ocean ngaseSarpedon. UHerodotus isazi-mlando wathi ikhaya lakhe yiLibya.
Ngokuvamile ubhekwa engashadile, nakuba ayelala noPoseidon. I-akhawunti eyodwa ithi ushade noPerseus. Ngenxa yokubambisana noPoseidon, kuthiwa u- Pegasus , ihhashi eliphiko elimaphiko, noChrysaor, iqhawe lezinkemba zegolide.
Amanye ama-akhawunti athi umkhwenyana wakhe uvele ekhanda lakhe.
Medusa e-Temple Lore
Ezikhathini zasendulo, wayengenamathempeli awaziwayo. Kuthiwa ithempeli lika-Arthemisi eCorfu libonisa iMedusa ngesimo se-archaic. Uboniswa njengophawu lokuzala olugqoke ibhande lezinyoka ezihlangene.
Ezikhathini zanamuhla, umfanekiso wakhe oqoshiwe uhlobisa udwala ogwini lolwandle oludumile olubhekiswe eRed Beach ngaphandle kweMalala , eKrete. Futhi, ifulege kanye nesiginali seSicily sichaza ikhanda lakhe.
I-Medusa ku-Art nemisebenzi ebhaliwe
Kuwo wonke u-Greece wasendulo, kunezinkomba eziningi kumabhalane asendulo amaGreki uHyginus, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Dionysios Skytobrachion, uHerodotus nabalobi baseRoma aba-Ovid noPindar. Uma ekhonjiswe kwezobuciko, ngokuvamile ikhanda lakhe likhonjiswa kuphela. Unesithunzi esibanzi, ngezinye izikhathi ngezintambo, nezinyoka zezinwele. Kweminye imidwebo, unezinyosi, ulimi oluthile, kanye namaqabunga.
Nakuba i-Medusa ivame ukubhekwa njengento embi, inkolelo eyodwa ithi ubuhle bayo obuhle, hhayi ububi bayo, okwakhubaza bonke ababukeleyo. Ifomu lakhe "elimangalisa" likholelwa ezinye izazi ukuthi zimelele i-skull yomuntu ehlukanisiwe kancane ngamazinyo eqala ukubonisa ngezindebe ezibola.
Isithombe seMedusa kwakucatshangwa ukuthi siyisivikelo.
Izitezi zasendulo, izihlangu zethusi, nezitsha zinemibukiso yeMedusa. Abaculi abavelele abaphefumulelwe iMedusa kanye nezindaba zobuqhawe uPerseus zihlanganisa uLeonardo da Vinci, uBenvenuto Cellini, uPeter Paul Rubens, Gialorenzo Bernini, uPablo Picasso, Auguste Rodin noSalvador Dali.
I-Medusa ku-Pop Culture
Inyoka ehlosiwe, isithombe esicasulayo seMedusa sitholakala ngokushesha esikoleni esithandwayo. Izinganekwane zamaMedusa ziye zajabulela ukuvuselelwa kusukela indaba evezwe kumafilimu e-"Clash of the Titans" ngo-1981 no-2010, "noPercy Jackson kanye nama-Olympians," futhi ngo-2010, lapho uMedusa evezwa khona ngumdlali wesifazane u-Uma Thurman.
Ngaphandle kwesikrini sesiliva, umuntu oyinganekwane uvela njengomlingiswa ku-TV, izincwadi, amathangi, imidlalo yevidiyo, imidlalo yokudlala indima, ngokuvamile njengomphikisi. Futhi, uhlamvu luye lwakhishwa ngekhanda ngo-UB40, u-Annie Lennox, ne-band Anthrax.
Uphawu lomklami nesithombe se-Versace yi-Medusa-ikhanda. Ngokusho kwendlu yokuklama, kwakhethwa ngoba ibonisa ubuhle, ubuciko, nefilosofi.