Before the Monster: Medusa's Fall

Internal Server ErrorBEFORE THE MONSTER** **** Before they called

her a monster… Medusa was just a girl. She was born mortal, unlike her sisters.

She lived among humans, felt the sun on her skin, and people said

she was beautiful— not powerful-beautiful, not dangerous-beautiful… just beautiful. Medusa served in

the temple of Athena. A sacred place. A place meant to protect women. She believed in

the gods. She trusted them. But trust is fragile when power is involved. Poseidon saw her.

And desire, when held by a god, is not romance. It is entitlement. Inside the temple—

the very place meant to keep her safe— Medusa’s life was shattered. And when the gods