Medusa was a monster and one of the gorgon sisters and daughter of Phorkys and Keto. She had the face of a hideous woman with snakes where her hair should be. She had 2 sisters, Sthenno and Euryale but Medusa was the only mortal of the three. She originally had gold hair and was quite normal. She was a priestess of Athena devoted to a life of celibacy. After being wooed by Poseidon and falling for him she forgot her vows and married him.for doing this medusa was punished by the goddess in the most terrible way. Changing her golden locks of hair into snakes. Her eyes that were once gentle and welcoming turned into bloodshot orbs, which extinguished fear and disgust in the mind of the onlooker and shortly after that they would turn into stone.