INSPIRATION

Medusa from ancient Greek: Μέδουσα, was a Greek mythological monster from whose head snakes hung. Together with Stheno and Euryale, she was one of the three Gorgons, daughters of the marine deities Phorcys and Ceto.  

According to the myth, the Gorgons had the power to petrify anyone who crossed their gaze and, of the three, Medusa was the only one not to be immortal.

The name of the animal derives from this mythological figure. The filaments of the jellyfish resemble the snakes that made up the hair of the Gorgon.