As a result with her encounter with Poseidon, Medusa becomes pregnant with two offspring. Enraged and jealous, the virgin goddess Athena was also angry that her sacred temple had been violated in such a way and transformed Medusa’s enchanting hair into a coil of serpents, turning her into the youngest Gorgon. In Roman mythology, it is the god Neptune who becomes so entranced with Medusa. He was so taken with the beautiful Medusa that he forgot his stately position and spirited her to the Temple of Athena where he ravished her. What were, in fact, her most alluring features (her face and hair) would also be her misfortune, since she attracted the attention of the great sea god Poseidon. Originally a beautiful young woman, Medusa’s crowning glory was her long hair, for which she was desired and courted by many suitors. All of Medusa’s siblings were monsters by birth, and, even though she was not, she had the misfortune of being turned into the most hideous of them all. She was one of the daughters of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and sisters of the Graeae, three sisters in Greek mythology who shared one eye and one tooth among them - one who was named Echidna, and the other who was named Ladon. Her name is believed to derive from the ancient Greek word meaning “guardian.” She became one of the three Gorgons, or monsters, in Greek mythology. The latest coin in the series features the snake-headed Gorgon, Medusa, who struck fear into the hearts of many brave warriors that were turned to stone just upon a single gaze. The government and treasury of the British Indian Ocean Territory have issued (14th September) the fourth coin which is part of the series entitled “Mythical Creatures” that features some of the world’s best-known stories and legends which originate from the myths of the ancient world of Greece and Rome.
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