Medusa - Definition and Overview

• Medusa was a gorgon from Greek mythology, the sight of whom turned people to stone.
• Medusae are a form of coelenterate in which the body is shortened on its principal axis and broadened, sometimes greatly, in contrast with the hydroid or polyp.
• The French ship Medusa that sank off Senegal in 1816.
• Medusa is a superhero in the Marvel Universe.
• Medusa is a proposed type of nuclear pulse propulsion using a solar sail as its "pusher plate".
• Medusa is a board game that is based on a variant of Go. Medusa is purported to have been invented by Mark Berger in 1975. (See Medusa Board Game (http://www.mindsports.net/Arena/CompleteGames/Territory/Medusa.html))
• Medusa Bag is a generic term for large flexible barges used for transporting water. (See Medusa Bag (http://www.medusabag.com/)) They are so called because of their likeness to jellyfish. (See above)
• Medusa is Julie Brown, the starring actress of "Medusa: Dare To Be Truthful", a 1992 parody of the Madonna Blonde Ambition Tour documentary "Truth Or Dare".
• 149 Medusa is an asteroid.
• Medusa is a 1971 album by Trapeze.
• Medusa is a 1995 album by Annie Lennox.
• Medusa (criminal organisation) is an obsure Balkans based terroristic and criminal organisation, suspected to control great part of the Balkans region's criminal activities as well as hiring mercenaries to various terrorist groups such as the UÇK or Al-Qaeda.
• Medusa is an enemy in The Adventures of Lolo.