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 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

• Medusa (Caravaggio)
• Medusa (Leonardo da Vinci painting)

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 made 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
• In Bed with Medusa, a documentary about UK rock band Medusa

Music

• Medusa (Clan of Xymox album)
• Medusa (Annie Lennox album)
• Medusa, punk-influenced rock band from the UK
• 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"