Medusa (disambiguation)

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[edit] People

• Medusa was a gorgon from Greek mythology, the sight of whom turned people to stone.
• Medusa, daughter of Pelias and Anaxibia or Phylomache in Greek mythology
• Medusa, daughter of Sthenelus and Nicippe in Greek mythology.
• Medusa, daughter of Priam in Greek mythology.
• Medusa is a hard rock band from the UK [1]
• Medusa (comics) is a superhero in the Marvel Universe.
• Medusa (Dungeons & Dragons) is a creature in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game similar to the creature of Greek myth.
• Medusa (Kid Icarus) the main villain from the Kid Icarus video game series.
• Medusa (Lolo) is an enemy in The Adventures of Lolo.
• Medusa is a stage name of Julie Brown, the star of Medusa: Dare To Be Truthful, a 1992 parody of the Madonna Blonde Ambition Tour documentary Truth Or Dare.
• Madusa was a stage name used by former professional wrestler Debra Miceli, whose name is commonly misspelled as Medusa.
• Medusa (singer) is the stage name of a hip-hop artist.
• Madame Medusa is the blackhearted villain from Walt Disney Productions' The Rescuers.

[edit] Other

• Medusa (biology) (alternate spelling Medusae) are a form of coelenterate jellyfish.
• Medusa (band) - a heavy metal band
• Medusa Bag is a generic term for large flexible barges used for transporting water. (See Medusa Bag) They are so called because of their likeness to jellyfish.
• Medusa (game engine) - a proprietary C++ game engine developed by PaleStar, and used in the MMO DarkSpace.
• The Medusa (ship) is a French ship that sank off Senegal in 1816.
• Medusa is a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion using a solar sail as its "pusher plate".
• The medusa effect: When a computer's resources are currently exhausted, attempting to launch a new program will slow the machine down longer than if the two process were run separately (due to the extra effort in trying to run two tasks at once on limited resources). The larger screen footprint the program has (and therefore must render), the greater the effect. In the PC Game Doom, this effect would manifest if a wall texture was applied to both "middle" sides of a passable line.
• Medusa is the name of three roller coasters:
  • Medusa East (unofficial title) located at Six Flags Great Adventure.
  • Medusa West (unofficial title) located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
  • Medusa South (unofficial title) located at Six Flags Mexico.
• 149 Medusa is an asteroid.
• Medusa, a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
• Medusa, a painting by Caravaggio
• Medusa (Trapeze album) (1971) by Trapeze.
• Medusa (Annie Lennox album) (1995) by Annie Lennox.
• Medusa (Clan of Xymox album) (1986) by Clan of Xymox.
• Medusa is the name of a secret organization in the classic Bourne series of novels written by Robert Ludlum.
• Medusa Galaxy Merger - a H II galaxy
• Medusa Nebula - a planetary nebula
• Operation Medusa
• MEDUSA is an ancient energy weapon in Philip Reeve's science fiction book Mortal Engines.
• Operation Medusa is a part of the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan.
• Ensemble Medusa, a record label

[edit] Places

• Medusa, New York, a community in Albany County, New York.