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[[image:medusa.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Medusa'', painted by Arnold Böcklin, circa 1878]]
In [[Greek mythology]], a '''Gorgon''' was a monstrous female creature, described as being "covered with impenetrable scales, with hair of living snakes, hands made of brass, sharp fangs and a beard." They guarded the entrance to the underworld and lived in "the ultimate west, near the ocean."
In [[Greek mythology]], a '''Gorgon''' was a monstrous female creature, described as being "covered with impenetrable scales, with hair of living snakes, hands made of brass, sharp fangs and a beard." They guarded the entrance to the underworld and lived in "the ultimate west, near the ocean."