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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 5845798" data-attributes="member: 27160"><p>Fair enough; I am somewhat shocked that someone is being quite so dogmatic about a myth that:</p><p></p><p>- was passed on orally for <em>at least</em> 600 years, with all the variation in form that that implies,</p><p></p><p>- has clear links with a mythical monster in Babylonian tales that Gilgamesh killed without so much as a mirrored shield,</p><p></p><p>- was different again in its earliest written incarnations to those taken by Hollywood as 'canon' and that were written at least 400 years later than the earliest written versions.</p><p></p><p>Only the Romans seem to have been prescriptive concerning Medusa's looks (which is odd in the extreme if looking at her automatically turned the viewer to stone!) and powers, let alone the mode and identity of her killer. But, then, the Romans seem to have been prescriptive about a lot; I think they had issues with ambiguity, poor dears.</p><p></p><p>In short, I have absolutely no problem envisioning Medusa's gaze or visage (be it <strong>The</strong> Medusa or <strong>A</strong> Medusa) petrifying by degrees. If anything, I have more problems visualising it petrifying instantaneously, but that is merely an aesthetic thing...</p><p></p><p>The Greeks, in fact, used images of the head of Medusa near doors and arches to ward off evil and enemies from their homes and sanctuaries. Maybe that means the effect affects 'enemies only'? How's that for an interpretation?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 5845798, member: 27160"] Fair enough; I am somewhat shocked that someone is being quite so dogmatic about a myth that: - was passed on orally for [I]at least[/I] 600 years, with all the variation in form that that implies, - has clear links with a mythical monster in Babylonian tales that Gilgamesh killed without so much as a mirrored shield, - was different again in its earliest written incarnations to those taken by Hollywood as 'canon' and that were written at least 400 years later than the earliest written versions. Only the Romans seem to have been prescriptive concerning Medusa's looks (which is odd in the extreme if looking at her automatically turned the viewer to stone!) and powers, let alone the mode and identity of her killer. But, then, the Romans seem to have been prescriptive about a lot; I think they had issues with ambiguity, poor dears. In short, I have absolutely no problem envisioning Medusa's gaze or visage (be it [B]The[/B] Medusa or [B]A[/B] Medusa) petrifying by degrees. If anything, I have more problems visualising it petrifying instantaneously, but that is merely an aesthetic thing... The Greeks, in fact, used images of the head of Medusa near doors and arches to ward off evil and enemies from their homes and sanctuaries. Maybe that means the effect affects 'enemies only'? How's that for an interpretation? [/QUOTE]
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