WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. In classical antiquity, the image of the head of Medusa appeared in the evil-averting device known as the Gorgoneion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Medusa, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes; unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful.

Detailed explanation-3: - Medusa :: The Real Story of the Snake-Haired Gorgon Transformed into a vicious monster with snakes for hair, she was killed by Perseus, who afterward used her still potent head as a weapon, before gifting it to Athena.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Hyginus, Fabulae 244, Megapenthes eventually killed Perseus, to avenge the death of his father.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Greek mythology, Medusa is eventually killed by Perseus. (It is thought that Jason himself, may possibly kill her, as he contains similar traits to Perseus and other Mythological Heroes).