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

• Medusa (Caravaggio)
• Medusa (Leonardo)

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
• HMS Medusa one of ten ships of the Royal Navy which were given this name
• 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

See also

• Madusa, stage name of professional wrestler Debrah Miceli (born 1964)
• Méduse (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with The Medusa