Auras Quote by Ray Harryhausen

In mythology, the Medusa can petrify people with a look - which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique…

— Donatella Versace

“It is no surprise, then, that the earth deities of the Old Religion were demonized or co-opted. A typical task for Greek heroes was…

— Joan Marler

“Medusa continues to be viewed as protective and apotropaic—warding off evil, warding off the enemy—and even healing in the Greek tradition, but she has…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“Similarly, Medusa (or Gorgon) was celebrated for her outstanding beauty. She was a daughter of the very wealthy king Phorcys whose large kingdom was…

— Christine de Pizan

“The wings and snakes may have been late additions to the portrayal of Medusa, but they are nonetheless a natural concomitant of the ferocious…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“Although Medusa may be of use to modern feminists, providing an ancient locus for modern rage, it is important to see that the raging…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“According to Greek mythology, Medusa is a Triple Goddess, one of three gorgon sisters—Sthenno, Euryale, and Medusa—representing past, present, and future. Only Medusa exists…

— Joan Marler

You only have to look at the Medusa straight on to see her. And she's not deadly. She's beautiful and she's laughing.

— Helene Cixous

“Philologically, the name Medusa means the “ruling one.” But by the time of the earliest Greek texts which contain myth, those of Homer, Medusa…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“Thus, there is an ambivalence here about the death-aspect of the Goddess. Clearly, she represents regeneration as well as death.  Indeed, the venom of…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“Modern Western culture has tended to dwell too much on the character of her “anger.” For example, a misogynist trend in psychoanalysis focuses upon…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

My style for the moment is modern mystic priestess.

— Elisa Jimenez