The Medusa symbol was actually used in ancient times outside medical areas/women's shelters--it was a symbol of safety. The story has been twisted and corrupted overtime and by hollywood.
I thought Poseidon "seduced" her to get revenge on athena for winning over Athens favor. And athena cursed her. Or is that just the percy jackson version??
Not even the greeks and romans were very good at agreeing on things like this. There are at least 10 different tellings for each tale, where people did the same/similar things with different motivations.
The romans co opted greek gods who co opted mycenaen gods who co opted these peoples gods who co opted these other peoples' gods.
No one can agree on the definitive story for the gods because just one doesn't exist.
No one can agree on the definitive story for the gods because just one doesn't exist.