Gorgons

E138593

creatures from Greek mythology monsters in mythology mythological group

The Gorgons are monstrous sisters from Greek mythology, most famously including Medusa, whose petrifying gaze could turn onlookers to stone.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Gorgons canonical	10
Medusa	10
Gorgon	1
Gorgon Medusa	1
Medusa from Greek mythology	1
the Gorgons	1

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	creatures from Greek mythology ⓘ monsters in mythology ⓘ mythological group ⓘ
appearsIn	Roman art ⓘ classical Greek art ⓘ
associatedWith	petrifying gaze ⓘ snakes for hair ⓘ turning people to stone ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Aegis of Athena ⓘ surface form: Athena through the Gorgoneion
category	chthonic beings ⓘ monstrous female figures ⓘ
depictedOn	armor ⓘ shields ⓘ temple pediments ⓘ
describedAs	monstrous sisters ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
hasAbility	petrification by gaze ⓘ
hasEtymology	name possibly related to Greek word for "dreadful" or "terrible" ⓘ
hasMember	Euryale ⓘ Gorgons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medusa Stheno ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Medusa ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	three ⓘ
hasParent	Ceto ⓘ Phorcys ⓘ
includesImmortalMember	Euryale ⓘ Stheno ⓘ
includesMortalMember	Gorgons self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medusa
influenced	later European monster traditions ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
originatesFrom	Greek mythology ⓘ
relatedConcept	Gorgoneion ⓘ
residesNear	Ocean at the edge of the world ⓘ the Western Ocean ⓘ
symbolizes	danger ⓘ protective power when depicted on armor ⓘ terror ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Gorgons
Description of subject: The Gorgons are monstrous sisters from Greek mythology, most famously including Medusa, whose petrifying gaze could turn onlookers to stone.

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perseus → enemy → Gorgons ⓘ

Versace → logoType → Gorgons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medusa from Greek mythology

Medusa → depicts → Gorgons ⓘ

subject surface form: Medusa (Caravaggio painting, Uffizi)

this entity surface form: Gorgon

Gorgoneion → associatedWith → Gorgons ⓘ