Medusa

Medusa is a creature from Greek mythology. The word Medusa means “sovereign female wisdom”. Medusa was once a nice, beautiful, harmless girl who lived in the north. Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto and she was the only mortal of the three Gorgons. One day she went to a temple to worship that belonged to the godess Athena. Once Athena found out about this she was furious! She cursed Medusa forever and turned her hair into snakes. Also whoever looked directly at her would be turned to stone. 

On Athena's orders Perseus was sent to the island of Cisthene to decapitate Medusa. In order to not be turned to stone he only looked at her through his polished sheild. After he successfully decapitated her her head fell onto the Libyan desert. Drops of blood turned into snakes. Pegasus sprung from her head.After she was decapitated her head could still turn people to stone! That is why Athena put a carving of Medusa's head on her sheild.

That was my report! Did you learn anything new?