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
• Medusa, one of the Hesperides

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 comic book character from Marvel Comics
• Medusa (DC Comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
• Medusa, a character in the Kid Icarus game series
• Medusa, a monster in the Eggerland game series
• Dusa, a disembodied gorgon head in the video game Hades

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
• "Medusa" (The X-Files), twelfth episode of season 8 of the TV series

Literature

• Medusa, a 1988 novel by Hammond Innes
• Medusa, a 2004 novel by Thomas Thiemeyer
• Medusa (Cussler novel), a 2009 novel by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
• Medusa (Dibdin novel), a 2003 novel by Michael Dibdin
• Medusa, and Other Poems, by Lady Charlotte Elliot (1878)
• "Medusa", a poem by Louise Bogan
• Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail, a 1983 novel by Jack L. Chalker

Music

• Medusa, a female rap artist affiliated with the open-mic workshop Project Blowed
• Medusa (band), a punk-influenced rock band from the UK
• Medusa (Annie Lennox album), 1995
• Medusa (Clan of Xymox album), 1986
• Medusa (Paradise Lost album), 2017
• Medusa (Trapeze album), 1970
• The Medusa, an album by New Zealand rock band Tadpole, 2002
• "Medusa" (Jhayco, Anuel AA and J Balvin song), 2020
• "Medusa" (Cameron Whitcomb song), 2024
• "Medusa", a song by Anthrax from Spreading the Disease, 1985
• "Medusa", a song by Jolin Tsai from Play, 2014
• "Medusa", a song by Sweet from Desolation Boulevard, 1974
• "Medusa", a song by Times of Grace from Songs of Loss and Separation, 2021
• "The Medusa", a song by The Haunted from The Dead Eye, 2006
• "Medusa (Stone)", a song by Theory of a Deadman from Dinosaur, 2023

Paintings

• Medusa (Caravaggio), a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, produced in two versions in 1596 and ca. 1597
• Medusa (Leonardo), either of two early paintings by Leonardo da Vinci

Places

• Medousa, Xanthi, Greece
• Medusa, New York, United States
• Medusa Lake, another name for Lake Natron, Tanzania
• Medusa Lake (Antarctica)

Astronomy

• Medusa Nebula, a planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini
• Medusa Galaxy Merger (NGC 4194), pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major
• 149 Medusa, an asteroid

Ships

• HMS Medusa, various ships of the Royal Navy
• Italian submarine Medusa, several submarines of the Italian Navy
• SMS Medusa, a Gazelle-class light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy
• USS Medusa, various ships of the United States Navy

Roller coasters

• Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a steel floorless roller coaster
• Medusa (Six Flags Great Adventure), steel floorless roller coaster
• Medusa Steel Coaster, a hybrid roller coaster in Six Flags México

Plants and animals

• Medusa, a phase in the life cycle of jellyfish
  • Medusozoa
• Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
• Medusa orchid, an orchid with snake-like tendrils.

Other uses

• MEDUSA, a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar space travel
• MEDUSA4, a design software program
• MEDUSA (weapon), a non-lethal directed-energy weapon
• Medusa piercing, an alternative term for philtrum piercing
• Operation Medusa, a 2006 military operation in Afghanistan

See also

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