Medusa is one of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology.

Medusa may also refer to:

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 (DC Comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
  • Medusa (Marvel Comics), a comic book character from Marvel 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 Film, a film production company owned by Mediaset
  • 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 Psyopus from Odd Senses, 2009
  • "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

  • , various ships of the Royal Navy
  • , several submarines of the Italian Navy
  • , a Gazelle-class light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy
  • , 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 (mythology), the name of several other figures from Greek mythology
  • 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)