Everyone has their own story. I always felt that Medusa never got to tell hers since all of the books I've read with Greek Mythology made her out to be a evil demon

Athena's turning girls cuter than her into monsters, Zeus is raping every princess that looks at him funny and a couple of princes, Apollo's striking people blind, Artemis is turning men into deer to feed their dogs...and yet Hades gets all the villainous roles? Seriously, what has the dude done (apart from abducting and marrying his niece- but on the bright side, if there is such a thing in forced marriage, he at least waited for her consent to marry) ? So he won't give a musician his dead wife back! Sure he's got a three-headed dog and a river that can either burn to ashes or make you invincible and a bunch of Titan junking up his basement, but he is by far the most decent god. You'd never catch Hades turning people into monsters as punishment. He probably thinks snakes for hair is a valid form of beauty.

I know who was fault. That wasn't Medusa herself, that was Athena. She was the one that turned Medusa into gorgan. Athena totally ruined Medusa's life. I felt on Medusa so much.

50% of comments talking about how awful and vengeful the Greek Gods were 30% of comments talking about how Medusa "actually" got turned into a gorgon 15% of comments talking about how good the music and animation was. 5% percent of comments pitying Medusa Everyone silently triggered by Athena.

it's a very sad myth Medusa did nothing wrong she was raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple and then she gets cursed as if its her own fault and she's hunted won in her won home by Perseus who was sent by Athena and he had all sorts of toys to get the job done and this is just before she gives birth to twins! Raped, cursed and hunted down in her own home and her head and her children were sacrificed to the Goddess who cursed her and She's supposed to be the Monster ?! she was raped and cursed as of it were her fault and they call her the Monster ?! she was innocent!

Childhood me: Oh! Hercules? I love that movie! Zeus is awesome! Present me: Every. Single. Greek. God. Is. A. Dick.

Honestly, coming back to this many years later, this still holds up. The music, animation and story is still as compelling as the first time I watched it. Its so well made!

It's ironic that Athena was supposed to be wise and fare...but Madusa didn't deserve this. Neither did Arachne.

The story of Medusa is twisted and wrong. It was always told from the prospective of man. The true story of Medusa is this; Medusa was a beautiful priestess who swore herself to Athena. She promised to remain a virgin maiden for all of her days, but one day Poseidon came to the temple and saw medusa, a beautiful young woman who he wanted for his own. She refused him knowing she had made a vow to Athena, so Poseidon raped her in the temple. Athena was angered by such an act in her temple and a broken vow, so she punished Medusa for letting it happen. She turned her into a gorgon, a hideous creature no man would ever want again, but also a woman who could defend herself. Medusa was forced to leave and later hunted down by Perseus under the orders of Athena. She tried to protect herself and her unborn children and was killed for it. Not everyone (even then) thought she was evil. In Ancient Greece shelters were built for women who had been raped and abused, the face of Medusa hung over the doors and no man could enter.

The origin of Medusa really does highlight one of the major themes of Greek mythology; that the Gods are above repercussion. In this story; Poseidon rapes Medusa in Athena's temple. Had he been mortal, Athena would certainly have brought her divine wrath down on him, but he was a god, and so immune to punishment. So she vents on Medusa instead. The same thing happens again and again. In one story Aphrodite commits adultery with Ares, and when caught the two get a little public humiliation and a stern talking to, but other than that get off scott free. In the same myths, the adultery of Helen and Paris resulted in the Trojan War, which killed countless thousands. Again and again the myths show that the gods are above and beyond mortals, and can get away with the kinds of things that get regular humans cursed or killed.

Medusa's story is very sad, but I have something to say......... That makeup tho... xD

her story always made me sad.

Oh... this made me cry. It was so beautiful. Poor Medusa didn't deserve her fate. Thank you so much for sharing this.

Its been so long . This music still sends chills down my spine.

Yes in the original story Medusa was raped by Poseidon because of her great beauty. Athena may have been mad but not at the young priestess, she granted her the power to turn any man that looked at her to become stone. Men only. Yes she lead a secluded life but it would have been similar to the life she lead as a priestess. Women would decorate safe places with her likeness to help battered or abused women find a shelter from their husbands. However with a lot of mythology, the story changed. This is one version of events.

Who else thought this was going to be an animation of Medusa singing the song from Mulan? Or is it just me? lol

I thought that when Medusa looked into the mirror, she was willingly going to turn to stone as a way to end her depression; a willing suicide to end her pain and suffering.

Poor Medusa, it's such a beautiful video. I love the music too, so delicate and spot on.

why does KZfaq keep suggesting me things that depress me?

Believe it or not: Medusa was once a Libyan goddess and was considered their equivalent of Athena. When the Greeks defeated the Libyans, they turned the goddess into a monster in stories so she would always be lesser than Athena.

It makes you think...who is the true monster in this world..the one that's curse...or the one that cursed...

This is so sad :'(,this animated no voice clips wake up some strong emotions...

This made me cry so much I've always thought her story was unfair

an interesting re-imaging to this story of medusa. Suffice it to say she lost her beauty when she became a gorgon, being so hideous that no one could look upon her without death. This version has her keep that quality, which is very interesting. But really the most tragic part of medusa is her origins. Raped by a god then punished for it by another goddess. No divine justice, only an eternal punishment. It paints a dark picture, as to the gods humans are mere playthings, entertainment pieces to be used to ease the dull boring passage of time of the immortal gods.

Yes, Athena is definitely worse than Hades. But Zeus? No, he's the biggest asshole of all of them.

Ah, Greek Mythology. Where you can end up condemned to eternal torment for being too attractive. Slavery is okay though, apparently.

lolololol no one's going to say anything about the awkward kissing scene??

the power of makeup

What people don't understand Is that medusa wasn't just a a monster who turned people to stone She was forever cursed with hideousness enough to turn people to stone She was disgusted by herself and thus hid herself away so she wouldn't Hurt anyone

She shouldn't have been punished after all she was a victim. Lord of the sea did something bad to her, it's not fair for Medusa. She should live ordinary life with a family of her own. :(

3:07 I'm crying... Its more painful to lose your love when you've known them than when you've not heard of them as you've experienced the warm feeling they give you

That's why Kratos killed them all lol

I always feel that the "doomed for eternity" part is taken to lightly in greek myths...not just with medusa but with other ones too.

Walking through the darkness of the cave, she past statues frozen in fear and hatred, stooping in front of one. A man. She took his hand and remembered what happened that sorrowful day. Admiring a monument to Athena, she gazed into his eyes and kissed him, softly. Athena became enraged and a flash of light blinded them. She opened her eyes and looked at the man, sighing and walking down a hallway to a mirror. She looked into it for a moment before wiping away her fantasy, reveling her yellow snake eyes and green skin, her scaly lips Her eyes weld up, a tear falling down to the floor, turning to stone before breaking against the ground. The snakes upon her head writhed and snapped as she looked at her reflection. she placed her face into her hands as she softly sang a lulaby that rang into the darkness "Shadows shape the walls Pain contempt my call my heart grieves for one and only." "Dark eyes glare at me (Can't understand) My soul is so faint and lonely..."

Actually Poseidon did force himself on Medusa, so Medusa prayed to Athena to help her. And Athena gave her that appearance so no man could even look at her

I cried after seeing this. I no longer hate Medusa

This was a very sad, but beautiful short :(

This story is super sad *crying* Why is it SO SAD?!

This video makes me feel very sad and sorry for Medusa. It's even sadder when someone you love gets turned to stone once you looked into their eyes. 💔😔🌧

Always remember, the first person Medusa turned to stone was her childhood best friend, who had come to comfort her after she was cursed. She has no control over her curse, so she could not prevent it.

The real story is that Medusa what very beautiful and vain and compared herself to the beauty of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. To punish Medusa, Athena made her hideous with snake hair, bronze skin and teeth, wings, and the teeth were deathly sharp. Also,(the well known bit) she could turn anyone to stone with her gaze.

This is why you need to bring a Ring of Stoneproof on your quests. Also, she could always be friends with Toph.

So much sorrow... Her fate was undeserved.

omg soo oooo sad but so great to u really feel her pain

One of my students connected this to Carol Ann Duffy's poem, "Medusa", included below: A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind, which turned the hairs on my head to filthy snakes as though my thoughts hissed and spat on my scalp. My bride’s breath soured, stank in the grey bags of my lungs. I’m foul mouthed now, foul tongued, yellow fanged. There are bullet tears in my eyes. Are you terrified? Be terrified. It’s you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you’ll go, betray me, stray from home. So better by for me if you were stone. I glanced at a buzzing bee, a dull grey pebbly fell to the ground. I glanced at a singing bird, a handful of dusty gravel spattered down I looked at a ginger cat, a housebrick shattered a bowl of milk. I looked at a snuffling pig, a boulder rolled in a heap of shit. I stared in the mirror. Love gone bad showed me a Gorgon. I stared at a dragon. Fire spewed from the mouth of a mountain. And here you come with a shield for a heart and a sword for a tongue and your girls, your girls. Wasn’t I beautiful Wasn’t I fragrant and young? Look at me now.

I'm literally crying right now, madusa wouldn't be like that if only Athena had kept her jealousy to herself. I've alwase felt that madusa was a kind person who was only trying to find love and never got to tell her story, Athena is the real bad guy in this story

The music is beautiful

I feel sorry for her

Aww... poor Medusa..

Her story is very sad but you can feel the beauty in her heart for wanting to be loved.

this made me feel sad for medusa. I realize now that a life like that would be incredibly lonely.... I would never wish that on even my worst enemy... good job on the animation and story.

I have a funny feeling she was hoping that reflection would do something to her...

Poor Medusa she was innocent D< stupid Athena I bet she was Jealous of Medusa`s Beauty >(

The music for this short is a barely modified version of "Dreamcatcher" by Secret Garden. Nik Phelps, unoriginal. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ad6Kn8uSsbqbeY0.html

This is beautiful and so very moving. The music is absolutely gorgeous

In mythologies like this, isn't it just sad that the only good(morally) gods, tend to rule the underworld, whilst the corrupt, and narcissistic rule the world above.

I've always felt such pity for Medusa.. And it makes me feel so sad to see this short. Because it reminds me of how it truly was for her. Cursed by Athena for displaying her affection. To be forever alone. It's even more heart wrenching because the way she must feel...absolutely alone. Regardless of what she was made out to be, I always thought she was beautiful. Snakes and all. Call me odd, but I've always likes Medusa.

Athena thus is your falt.

I was told the true story is that Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon not as punishment, but as protection. She gave her the power to turn men into stone which would ensure that no one would ever hurt her again. In other countries, women's shelters have emblems of Medusa as a sign of protection and power.

You know. There is another version of this. That Medusa never turned into a gorgon, that was just made up from the humans who started to fear her. Actually she was still beautiful even if her hair had turned into snakes, so men sought her out but every time she looked at them they were turned into stone, so people started to fear her. The rumours spread and eventually she got known as a gorgon and men started to hunt her, and that led to her death. But this is just one of many theory's. :)

Profoundly sad. You should do one about the Minotaur too!

Curse changed her, depression consumed her, and she became evil herself.

3:04 breaks my heart! You can clearly feel her pain and loneliness! Amazing job on the animation and music

When will my reflection show, who I am, inside?

Sad tale with touching music. Well done!

Inspiring...moving...Awakening.....realization of new direction and appreciation... Thank you sincerely... Joshua Holmes

All I want to say is thank you for making these because everybody always think medusa is such an evil person for doing what she did but they never blame the person who turned her into that I want her saying monsters are not born they are created from the people who did them ill

Actually she was caught having sex with Poseidon, either willingly or unwillingly inside Athena's temple, which angered her but since she couldn't directly attack another god, she made that human girl into a gorgon as punishment.

i really like the song

Now I want a Medusa movie. Something that portrays her as sympathetic and tragic as she is shown here.

I'm not gonna lie, this video made me cry 😢

The story of Medusa has been told and retold so many times but from what I can figure, Medusa was a beautiful priestess that caught Poseidon's interest. Poseidon raped her in Athena's temple and Athena got pissed off at this act of scorn, obviously she couldn't do anything to Poseidon so she let her anger out on Medusa by turning her into something so hideous, that anyone who looked upon her face would be turned to stone. It's tragedy truly. But a something I don't get is why Athena was so mad, because Cassandra was raped at Athena's temple by Ajax and y'know what happened to him? He got what was coming to him. Also what song is that? It's so sad and beautiful.

I guess that's what you call a Curse Beauty...how very tragic.

in some versions of the Mythos Medusa was actually not cursed but gifted so that no one could do on to her as Poseidon had done before and Athena instead of angry was pitiful of her, infact Medusa's head is used to Mark women's shelters in the old days of Greece and others.

This was amazing! I loved it! I felt so bad for Medusa.

The story was this, Medusa was a very attractive mortal woman. A lot of men loved her and women envied her. She was NOT selfish nor conceited. She thanked the gods everyday for blessing her with such beauty, but never was in vain. Poseidon was very obsessed with Medusa, but since she was only a mere mortal...he could not be seen with such, and therefore decided he was going to have his way with her, in secret. Medusa did NOT like him back, and often turned him down. he grew angry that she wouldn't take up his offer, after all he WAS A GOD. Medusa was visiting Athena's temple, (for she was a young priestess... among many other young women) and she happened to be alone. Poseidon took the opportunity to make one more move on her and when she grew angry, he forced her into having sex with him. Athena was mad because her temple was of virginity and purity, and instead of blaming him, he blamed her. She said she should have protected herself...but if she did she was be locked up for hurting a god. (Much like todays society were we STILL blame rape victims...smh) so Athena cursed Medusa into a gorgon, so no man would ever be able to look at her again. Nonetheless, even other women. so was isolated and called ugly, treated like a monster. it was a sad life for medusa. I feel every bit of hatred for Poseidon and Athena for ruining such a nice persons life. Medusa, If you were ever real...I am very sorry. She didn't deserve the curse, nor did she deserve to be blamed for being raped.

Wow I didn't know Medusa was cursed That really is sad and the music is perfect for the situation Though uh I'm not all that fond of the animation. I dunno it looks so simplistic but in a 'first student film' way not an 'aesthetic' way.

Beautiful music, and a story well told. Bravisimo!

Awesome video! Great lesson too! It's nice to see someone show her as something more than a monster. Love the music too!

I kinda expected at the end to see Perseus step behind her with a his sword and for that to be the ending of the animation...but man...the whole thing is just really sad. She's just left there all alone to reflect on herself and what she's done.

I feel so sorry for medusa.... I would so date her if I had special glasses to protect me from turning into stone

This music...so beautiful&emotional, I can't stop crying...

I just wanna put this out there: Medusa's story was even more tragic than this. She was a priestess of Athena and sworn to chastity. She didn't have a love interest. She was raped by Poseidon on Athena's temple and punished for a breach of her vows by her goddess, rather than consoled and protected by her.

This was a beautiful piece. I remember the story of Medusa from Baedecker's Mythology as a kid. One thing that always struck me was how the gods in Greek and Norse Mythology exemplified the best and more often than not also the very worst of human characteristics. from Zeus being basically a rapist and his wife Hera (goddess of the hearth and home, quite a bit of irony there) destroying his innocent victims out of pure jealousy, to a trickster like Loki who was the god of mischief and would bring misery to everyone he came across and would turn against the other gods and even kill one of them (Balder) out of pure jealousy.

I'm gonna go Cry now 😢😢😢😢

I always thought that Medusa, even though she was supposed to be evil and stuff, I always thought she was cool. I've even designed a couple of my own Gorgon OC's. Thank you for sharing this video.❤🍀

Wow, very powerful. You can truly feel the sorrow.

WHAT IS THE SONG?!!

No one deserves that. D:

Poor Medusa.. :( She is actually one of my favourite Greek mythology person

The song playing is so beautiful!! i wish i could find it. Medusa has always been my favorite.

the real story goes like this: Medusa always boasted about how pretty she ways every day to everybody, one day her and her friends went to Athena's temple and Medusa said that the temple should be her temple not Athena. Athena cursed her and turn her into a Gorgon, Medusa wanted to get revenge on the towns people. That is the real story

I hoped that medusa find a, justice

Beautifully done!! Bravo!!

I've always loved Greek mythology. I never thought of looking at it from the other point of view . Very good 👏🏽

I want to make a hentai joke about her hair, but that would be insulting this great animation.

Why are people arguing over something no one will ever truly know for sure unless they were in the time period that the story began?

Yooo I remember watching this when I was 10 or smthing , time flies 😔

omg I used to watch this when I was a kid,i was trying to find this video for a long time and finally found it

Nope medusa was a a delphi she was a female preist along with her two sister. She was ypung beautiful and taste of every man byt as a preist she was forbidded by physical realtionships but Poseidon was so much in love with her that he forced her to sleep with him . athena was the obe who in anger cursed medusa to turn her into the hideous creatue alive on geom( earth) FYI i read a lot of greek mythology