Crossword clues for gorgon
gorgon
- Homer's "dread monster"
- A glance turns the beholder to stone
- (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters having live snakes for hair
- Ugly, terrifying woman
- Stupid bloke holding coat of ravishing, formidable woman
- She turned to stone
- Turn right and head north to find battle-axe
- Snake-haired she-beast
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gorgon \Gor"gon\ (g[^o]r"g[o^]n), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. Gorgw`, fr. gorgo`s terrible.]
(Gr. Myth.) One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.
Anything very ugly or horrid.
--Milton.(Zo["o]l.) The brindled gnu. See Gnu.
Gorgon \Gor"gon\, a.
Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., any of the three hideous sisters in Greek legend, whose look turned beholders to stone (Madusa was one of them), from Greek Gorgo (plural Gorgones), from gorgos "terrible," of unknown origin. Transferred sense of "terrifyingly ugly person" is from 1520s.
Wiktionary
a. Like a '''gorgon'''; very ugly or terrifying. n. 1 (context Greek mythology English) A vicious female monster from Greek mythology with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. 2 An intimidating, ugly, or disgusting woman; anything hideous or horrid.
Wikipedia
In Greek mythology, a Gorgon (; plural: Gorgons, Gorgon/Gorgo) is a female creature. The name derives from the ancient Greek word gorgós, which means "dreadful", and appears to come from the same root as the Sanskrit word "garğ" which is defined as a guttural sound, similar to the growling of a beast, thus possibly originating as an onomatopoeia. While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek literature and occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair made of living, venomous snakes, as well as a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone. Traditionally, while two of the Gorgons were immortal, Stheno and Euryale, their sister Medusa was not, and she was slain by the demigod and hero Perseus.
Gorgons were a popular image in Greek mythology, appearing in the earliest of written records of Ancient Greek religious beliefs such as those of Homer, which may date to as early as 1194–1184 BC. Because of their legendary and powerful gaze that could turn one to stone, images of the Gorgons were put upon objects and buildings for protection. An image of a Gorgon holds the primary location at the pediment of the temple at Corfu, which is the oldest stone pediment in Greece, and is dated to c. 600 BC.
Gorgon is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Gorgon is also a member of the Royal Family of the Inhumans, a race of superpowered beings that inhabit the hidden city of Attilan.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the gorgon is a magical beast that resembles a bull, covered in dusky metallic scales.
Even though they are named for the three humanoid Gorgons of Greek mythology, they much more closely resemble the Khalkotauroi of the same, and to some degree the Catoblepas of Ethiopia legend.
Gorgon is a fictional character, a DC Comics supervillain, part of the evil gang called Extremists. He is based on the Marvel Comics supervillain Doctor Octopus, and like him has several super-strong tentacles, though they are organic rather than mechanical.
The Gorgon is a monster in Greek mythology.
Gorgon also may refer to:
In entertainment:
- The Gorgon, a 1964 Hammer Horror film
- Gorgon Video, a video production company and film distributor of dark documentaries and extreme horror films
- Gorgon (comics), two Marvel Comics and two DC Comics characters
- Delphyne Gorgon, a Marvel Comics character
- Gorgon (Dungeons & Dragons), a role-playing-game monster
- Archduke Gorgon, a character from the Mazinger series of manga and anime
- Gorgon (video game), a side-scrolling game for the Apple II
- The Gargons, a species of giant extraterrestrial lobsters from Teenagers from Outer Space
In the military:
- HMS Gorgon, several ships of the Royal Navy
- Gorgon class monitor, a First World War Royal Navy monitor class
- Gorgon (U.S. missile), an American missile developed during World War II
- the SH-11 Russian anti-ballistic missile, formerly part of the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system
- Gorgon Stare, a United States military surveillance system
Other uses:
- Euryale ferox, the "gorgon plant"
- Gorgon gas project, a resources project in Western Australia
- Gorgoń, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
- Jerzy Gorgoń, Polish former footballer
- South Devon Railway Gorgon class of locomotives
Gorgon, in comics, may refer to:
- Gorgon (Inhuman), a Marvel Comics superhero
- Gorgon (DC Comics), a DC supervillain
- Gorgon (Tomi Shishido), a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Gorgon, a DC Comics character and member of the Hybrids
The Gorgon (Tomi Shishido) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Gorgon is a clone of the arcade game Defender, a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, for the Apple II. It was programmed by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software in June 1981.
The Gorgon was an air-to-air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device. It was developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a more general program including turbojet, ramjet, pulsejet, and rocket power. Straight wing, swept wing, and canard (tail first) air frames were investigated and visual, television, heat-homing, and three types of radar guidance were looked at for use as possible air-to-air, air-to-surface and surface-to-surface guided missiles and as target drones.
The final development of the series, the ASM-N-5 Gorgon V, was to be an unpowered chemical weapons dispenser.
Usage examples of "gorgon".
Medusa the Gorgon, complete with a wig of genuine living snakelets that had the whole room screaming in terror every time he lowered his head and threatened to charge, and a flowing mass of draperies in Coan floss silk that showed the guests his biggest snake all too clearly.
And if he was, was he suggesting it about one overambitious gorgon with skewed priorities, or about a treacherous vein, you should forgive the term, running through all of SOF?
Gorgons and Hydras of the skies as interesting problems yet unsolved, as well as to consider that the belief in lunar influence is a fragment of a true system of natural philosophy which has become more and more debased in postdiluvian times.
Without conscious thought, he whipped a tiny arrow from the quiver and docked it, aimed it at the Gorgon, and released it in one, quick practiced motion, as though he carried all the marvelous bowmanship of his ancestors in his heart.
Gorgons and Chimaeras dire, might be expected to gloom out occasionally from the awful Fauna of an ever-generating world upon that one which was being born of it.
We have to find something to blame for our downfall, so we pick on the relationship with the Gorgons and try to ignore the weakness that must exist in us to make it necessary.
The hostile environment meant little to it, because like all the Gorgons it had already adapted to its surroundings.
He was counted a strong man among the men of Grath and had the reputation of resorting to the lusts of the Gorgons as seldom as possible.
And none seemed to realize that once they had been able to dominate the Gorgons without trouble.
The trouble was that all too often the perversions they learned from the Gorgons came to be practiced on their subject races, and no stops were pulled.
There are centaurs there, and all the creatures you would hear of only in myth - werebeasts and Harpies, gorgons and beasts of darkness.
But so also will the Vores and the gorgons, the hydras and the birds of death.
So she became the sister of the Gorgons, Stheino and Euryte the abhorred, the daughters of the Queen of the Sea.
We are the kindred of the Titans, and the Giants, and the Gorgons, and the ancient monsters of the deep.
Phoneland, where even the harpies still touched me tenderly and the gorgons looked at me with naked pity.