Talk:Gorgon
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[edit] Wrong information
I'm reading about Perseus in mythology class. It wasn't the gorgons who had one one tooth and one eye, it was the Graiae.
--ZeWrestler Talk 04:07, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure Perseus was given the reflective sheild by athena not the Graiae who actually tried to trick him into looking at Medusa
[edit] Gorgons and Graiae
I agree with ZeWrestler. Gorgons and Graiae were different monsters (and probably, ancient peoples).
--IonnKorr 18:12, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
This is true- the Graiae actually rveealed the Gorgons whereabouts to Perseus when he stole their eye and held it for ransom- they were supposedly all related though.
[edit] Gorgons and Carians
It is possible that Gorgons or Gorgones were the "monster-mutation", through Greek mythology, of Carians and Cretans (two pirate peoples who lived at coast of south-western Asia Minor and in island of Crete ).
Both were the terror of sailors who have been travelled in Eastern Meditteranian, in second half of 2nd millennium B.C.
--IonnKorr 15:43, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Catoblepas
Gorgon is also another name for the unrelated catoblepas, and the gorgons in modern fantasy works (like Dungeons & Dragons or various Might and Magic games) are based upon it, not on Medusa and her sisters. The question is whether this confusion was already present in classical mythology, or did not occur until the Middle Ages. Does anybody know more about this? - 82.207.213.123 18:30, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
- The confusion was already present by the Middle Ages; many bestiaries refer to creatures much like the catoblepas as "gorgon". Edward Topsell was responsible for a later bestiary that cemented this usage, but I'm a little hazy on the details and he was writing pretty well after the period (17th Century, I believe). I believe T. H. White's The Bestiary may have some useful information on this, and the links in the Topsell article may be useful (haven't tried them yet). 12.22.250.4 22:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Nanas
What is the source on male gorgon? mordicai. 16:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
- There is no such thing. This article is still packed with second-hand tripe absorbed from Xena Warrior Princess. --Wetman 12:16, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
that bit was added from an IP address that has been warned and blocked for repeated vandalism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorgon&diff=next&oldid=50907851). though not blatant vandalism here, the contribution is still dubious and unsourced so I removed it. anyone with relevant sources please put it back and accept my apologies. Laurent paris 03:26, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
