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Medusa.

Medusa.

Medusa was a monster character from the Greek mythology of the planet Earth. According to myth, she was created by the goddess Athena/Minerva and killed by the hero Perseus.

Biography

She was known for having snakes for hair, a frightening appearance, and if anyone looked at her, she could turn them into stone statues. (SKR novel: Point of Divergence)

In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy poem Inferno, three gorgons guarded the gates of Dis and hoped Medusa would emerge. In the poem, she did not. (TOS - Who Killed Captain Kirk? comic: "Hell in a Handbasket")

History and specifics

Medusa.

Illusory Medusa.

In 2267, the USS Enterprise's library computer came up with images of Medusa and similar mythological creatures when searching for information about the Furies. (TOS - Invasion! novel: First Strike)

In 2268, James T. Kirk compared Medusa to the Midnight Sphere and its extending plasma waves. (TOS - Constellations short story: "Devices and Desires")

In 2269, USS Endeavour XO Katherine Stano was reminded of Medusa when spotting a cylinder on Arethusa that emitted directed energy beams that covered everything it struck in stone, particularly the Changed. (SKR novel: Point of Divergence)

In 2274, Clara Mandeville's tossed and multi-braided hair reminded Leonard McCoy of Medusa. (TOS novel: Ice Trap)

In 2286, M'Ress saved Hikaru Sulu from an illusion of Medusa, using her senses of hearing and smell rather than sight to behead the creature. (TOS - Who Killed Captain Kirk? comic: "Hell in a Handbasket")

In 2370, Beverly Crusher cited Medusa along with Frankenstein's monster, Count Dracula, the werewolf, the mummy, and others as figures of horror literature and drama who had rich character histories and backgrounds. (TNG - Holo-Ween comic: "Issue 2")

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