page_title: Meduza (Russian folklore)
hierarchical_section_title: Meduza (Russian folklore)
caption_attribution_description: English: "Meduza". An 18th-century Russian lubok print. It features a Slavic mythical creature, Meduza. The lubok says: "A fish, named Meduza lives in the ocean-sea near the Ethiopian abyss". Русский: "Медуза" (либо Мелузина), лубок, XVIII век. На картине изображено чудовище с женской головой, короной на голове, туловищем зверя, хвостом с драконьей пастью и лапами с такими же пастями на конце. На картине написано: "Рыба Медуза в океане-море живет близ Эфиопской пучины" (перевод).
context_page_description: Meduza, Meluza or Meluzina is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian lubok of the XVII or XVIII century. She is described as half-woman, half-snake, or as the half-woman, half-fish creature. She is also said to be the deity of deception.
context_section_description: Meduza (Russian: Медуза), Meluza (Russian: Мелуза, literally «small», «little») or Meluzina (Russian: Мелузина) is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian lubok of the XVII or XVIII century. She is described as half-woman, half-snake, or as the half-woman, half-fish creature. She is also said to be the deity of deception.
caption: Meduza. Russian lubok. XVII-XVIII century.
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