Medusa

In Greek mythology, Medusa (; ), also called Gorgo () or the Gorgon, was one of the three Gorgons. Medusa is generally described as a woman with living snakes in place of hair; her appearance was so hideous that anyone who looked upon her was turned to stone. Medusa and her Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal.

thumb|upright=1.5|Pegasus attacking the Chimera (mythology)|Chimera with his hooves, above the hero [[Bellerophon, on a Laconian black-figure kylix, attributed to the Boreads Painter and dating to c. 575–550 BC]] Pegasus (; ) is a winged horse in Greek mythology, usually depicted as a white stallion. He was sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. Pegasus was the brother of Chrysaor, both born from Medusa's blood when their mother was decapitated by Perseus. Greco-Roman poets wrote about his ascent to heaven after his birth and his obeisance to Zeus,

thumb|The aegis on the so-called Athena Lemnia, a Roman statue type often identified as a copy of a work by the Classical Greek sculptor [[Pheidias (Dresden Skulpturensammlung)]]

In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (, gen. ), "he who has a golden sword" (from "golden" and "sword") was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa.

thumb|Amphisbaena in an illustration from the Aberdeen Bestiary (c. 1200) thumb|right|200px|A medieval amphisbaena The amphisbaena (, , or , plural: amphisbaenae; ) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.

short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop