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

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 fictional character, a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics
 * Medusa (DC Comics), a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications
 * Medusa, a character in the Kid Icarus game series
 * Medusa, a monster in the Eggerland game series

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

Literature

 * Medusa, a novel by Hammond Innes
 * Medusa, a novel by Thomas Thiemeyer
 * Medusa (Cussler novel), a novel by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
 * Medusa (Dibdin novel), a novel by Michael Dibdin

Music

 * Medusa, a female rap artist affiliated with open-mic workshop Project Blowed, from 1994
 * Medusa (band), punk-influenced rock band from the UK, active from 1998
 * Medusa (Annie Lennox album), released in 1995
 * Medusa (Clan of Xymox album), released in 1986
 * Medusa (Paradise Lost album), released in 2017
 * Medusa (Trapeze album), released in 1970
 * The Medusa, second studio album released in 2002 by New Zealand rock group Tadpole
 * "Medusa," a song by Anthrax on the 1985 album Spreading the Disease
 * "Medusa," a song by Sweet on the 1974 album Desolation Boulevard
 * "Medusa", a song by Jolin Tsai on the 2014 album Play
 * "The Medusa", a song by The Haunted from the 2006 album The Dead Eye

Paintings

 * Medusa (Caravaggio)
 * Medusa (Leonardo)

Places

 * Medousa, Xanthi, Greece
 * Medusa, New York, United States

Astronomy

 * Medusa Nebula
 * Medusa Galaxy Merger (NGC 4194), pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major
 * 149 Medusa, an asteroid

Ships

 * French frigate Méduse (1810), which inspired several works of art:
 * The Raft of the Medusa, 1818–1819 painting by Théodore Géricault
 * Das Floß der Medusa, 1968 oratorio by Hans Werner Henze
 * Le Radeau de la Méduse, 1994 French film
 * HMS Medusa one of ten ships of the Royal Navy which were given this name
 * SMS Medusa, a Gazelle-class light cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy
 * USS Medusa (1869), a Passaic-class coastal monitor
 * USS Medusa (AR-1), a fleet repair ship launched in 1923
 * MEDUSA, a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar space travel

Roller coasters

 * Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a steel floorless roller coaster
 * Medusa Steel Coaster, a hybrid roller coaster in Six Flags México
 * Bizarro (Six Flags Great Adventure) at Six Flags Great Adventure, which was formerly known as Medusa

Other uses

 * Medusa, mobile sexually reproducing life phase of some groups of jellyfish
 * Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
 * MEDUSA, a design software program
 * MEDUSA (weapon)
 * Operation Medusa, a military operation in Afghanistan
 * Medusa piercing