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

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", a song by Anthrax from Spreading the Disease, 1985
 * "Medusa", a song by Jhayco, Anuel AA and J Balvin, 2020
 * "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

Other uses

 * MEDUSA, a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar space travel
 * MEDUSA, a design software program
 * Medusa, a phase in the life cycle of jellyfish
 * Medusozoa
 * MEDUSA (weapon), a non-lethal directed-energy weapon
 * Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
 * Medusa piercing, an alternative term for philtrum piercing
 * Operation Medusa, a 2006 military operation in Afghanistan