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Justified, since it was a subconscious choice. At a certain point, Aylee's transformations were in response to threats she couldn't deal with, so she evolved appropriate defenses (EMP blasts to deal with nanites, spirit-binding seals to avert natural death, a mind-protecting helmet to stop telepathy, etc). In the last case, she feared not being accepted by humanity, so she evolved a form that would have greater chances of being accepted. Well, by half the population, at least... Inverted in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones where the class description of Gorgon calls it a "beautiful and cursed creature" when its more of a full on snake humanoid with snakes for hair and arms. A Medusa Chest tattoo is a great choice because it’s larger than the rest and has more space for creativity. You can give her a unique style by putting little twists on the traditional design, like giving her your favorite color or adding flowers to make it prettier. 14. Medusa Sleeve Tattoo Hard, Robin (2004). The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology". Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-18636-0. Archetypal literary criticism continues to find psychoanalysis useful. Beth Seelig chooses to interpret Medusa's punishment as resulting from rape rather than the common interpretation of having willingly consented in Athena's temple, as an outcome of the goddess' unresolved conflicts with her own father Zeus. [20] Feminism

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EIB Global is the EIB Group’s specialised arm dedicated to operations outside the EU and a key partner of the EU’s Global Gateway strategy. We aim to support at least €100 billion of investment by the end of 2027, around one third of the overall target of Global Gateway. Within Team Europe, EIB Global fosters strong, focused partnerships alongside fellow development finance institutions, and civil society. EIB Global brings the Group closer to local communities, companies and institutions through our offices across the world. Cassiopeia in League of Legends. Once a beautiful Noxian Honey Trap, she was cursed after being bitten by a tomb guardian, turning her into a Naga. Though she claims she's now hideous, she's still quite the looker for a half-snake woman.Harrison's translation states that "the Gorgon was made out of the terror, not the terror out of the Gorgon." [13] Several early classics scholars interpreted the myth of Medusa as a quasi-historical – "based on or reconstructed from an event, custom, style, etc., in the past", [16] or "sublimated" memory of an actual invasion. [17] [13] Karoglou, Kiki (February 1, 2018). Dangerous Beauty: Medusa in Classical Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. Vol. 75. New York, USA: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-642-6. Some classical references refer to three Gorgons; Harrison considered that the tripling of Medusa into a trio of sisters was a secondary feature in the myth:

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While ancient Greek vase-painters and relief carvers imagined Medusa and her sisters as having monstrous form, sculptors and vase-painters of the fifth century BC began to envisage her as being beautiful as well as terrifying. In an ode written in 490 BC, Pindar already speaks of "fair-cheeked Medusa". [6] Onmyoji: the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi appears in his humanoid form as a Bishounen with pale features and actual snakes as parts of his humanoid body. Other notable instance is Kiyohime, depicted as a beautiful woman with a serpentine lower body. Ovid, Metamorphoses, Brookes More, Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Mythology An archaic Medusa wearing the belt of the intertwined snakes, a fertility symbol, as depicted on the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis on the island of Corcyra The Medusae in the PS1 game Deathtrap Dungeon manage to both play this trope straight and subvert it - their faces are pretty monstrous, but their figures, on the other hand...Mariliths are this, Depending on the Artist. Sometimes, their upper bodies are beautiful women, sometimes, they're fairly ugly snake people all the way through. Since demons are made of concentrated evil and chaos, it's implied that both forms are perfectly normal. Mariliths, being demons, can shape change pretty much at will, so they look pretty much how they want to. Except those enslaved to a more powerful demon, who look pretty much how their master wants them to look.