those violent delights have violent ends;
medusa was originally a golden-haired, fair maiden, who, as a priestess of athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; however, after being wooed by poseidon and falling for him, she forgot her vows and married him. for this offence, she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. each wavy lock of the beautiful hair that had charmed her husband was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes turned into blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the onlooker; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge.
M E D U S A …. She was originally a golden-haired and very beautiful maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; but, being wooed by Poseidon, whom she loved in return, she forgot her vows, and became united to him in marriage. For this offense she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. Each wavy lock of the beautiful hair which had so charmed her husband, was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes now became blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the beholder; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge. x
MYTHOLOGY MOODBOARDS: medusa.
destroy what destroys you carved in stone, your grotesque beauty becomes armor to those who seek blade betwixt throat. monsters weren’t born. monsters weren’t made. monsters were rumor. you were never a monster, men only fabricated one out of you.
FEMSLASH AESTHETICS: athena & medusa
“fearing for her safety, athena gave medusa the self preservation powers of a gorgon, to turn those who threatened her to stone, so athena’s beloved medusa would never have to be at the mercy of a man again.”