# Medusa (disambiguation)

Medusa is one of the three Gorgons in Greek mythology.
Medusa may also refer to:

## Other mythological figures

* Medusa, a daughter of Sthenelus (son of Andromeda and Perseus) and Nicippe
* Medusa, a daughter of the Trojan king Priam
* Medusa, a daughter of Pelias
* Medusa, a daughter of Orsilochus
* Medusa, one of the Hesperides

## Art and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* Medusa, a Soul Eater character
* Medusa, a Kamen Rider Wizard character
* Medusa, a military unit in the Jason Bourne novel series
* Medusa, a planet in the TV series Star Maidens
* Madame Medusa, a character in The Rescuers
* Medusae, an alien race in the novel The Legion of Space
* Medusa, an antagonist in the Japanese manga Rosario + Vampire
* Rider, a Fate/stay night character
* Medusa (comics), a comic book character from Marvel Comics
* Medusa (DC Comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
* Medusa, a character in the Kid Icarus game series
* Medusa, a monster in the Eggerland game series
* Dusa, a disembodied gorgon head in the video game Hades

### Film and TV

* Medusa, a 1973 film starring George Hamilton and Cameron Mitchell
* Medusa, a film production company owned by Fininvest
* Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful, a mockumentary film
* "Medusa" (Supergirl), a season 2 episode of the TV series
* "Medusa" (The X-Files), twelfth episode of season 8 of the TV series

### Literature

* Medusa, a 1988 novel by Hammond Innes
* Medusa, a 2004 novel by Thomas Thiemeyer
* Medusa (Cussler novel), a 2009 novel by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos
* Medusa (Dibdin novel), a 2003 novel by Michael Dibdin
* Medusa, and Other Poems, by Lady Charlotte Elliot (1878)
* "Medusa", a poem by Louise Bogan
* Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail, a 1983 novel by Jack L. Chalker

### Music

* Medusa, a female rap artist affiliated with the open-mic workshop Project Blowed
* Medusa (band), a punk-influenced rock band from the UK
* Medusa (Annie Lennox album), 1995
* Medusa (Clan of Xymox album), 1986
* Medusa (Paradise Lost album), 2017
* Medusa (Trapeze album), 1970
* The Medusa, an album by New Zealand rock band Tadpole, 2002
* "Medusa" (Jhayco, Anuel AA and J Balvin song), 2020
* "Medusa" (Cameron Whitcomb song), 2024
* "Medusa", a song by Anthrax from Spreading the Disease, 1985
* "Medusa", a song by Jolin Tsai from Play, 2014
* "Medusa", a song by Sweet from Desolation Boulevard, 1974
* "Medusa", a song by Times of Grace from Songs of Loss and Separation, 2021
* "The Medusa", a song by The Haunted from The Dead Eye, 2006
* "Medusa (Stone)", a song by Theory of a Deadman from Dinosaur, 2023

### Paintings

* Medusa (Caravaggio), a painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, produced in two versions in 1596 and ca. 1597
* Medusa (Leonardo), either of two early paintings by Leonardo da Vinci

## Places

* Medousa, Xanthi, Greece
* Medusa, New York, United States
* Medusa Lake, another name for Lake Natron, Tanzania
* Medusa Lake (Antarctica)

## Astronomy

* Medusa Nebula, a planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini
* Medusa Galaxy Merger (NGC 4194), pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major
* 149 Medusa, an asteroid

## Ships

* HMS Medusa, various ships of the Royal Navy
* Italian submarine Medusa, several submarines of the Italian Navy
* SMS Medusa, a Gazelle-class light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy
* USS Medusa, various ships of the United States Navy

## Roller coasters

* Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a steel floorless roller coaster
* Medusa (Six Flags Great Adventure), steel floorless roller coaster
* Medusa Steel Coaster, a hybrid roller coaster in Six Flags México

## Plants and animals

* Medusa, a phase in the life cycle of jellyfish
** Medusozoa
* Medusa pepper, a Capsicum annuum cultivar
* Medusa orchid, an orchid with snake-like tendrils.

## Other uses

* MEDUSA, a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion for interplanetary and interstellar space travel
* MEDUSA4, a design software program
* MEDUSA (weapon), a non-lethal directed-energy weapon
* Medusa piercing, an alternative term for philtrum piercing
* Operation Medusa, a 2006 military operation in Afghanistan