Medusa

This article is about the Greco Demon. For the robotic Demon of the same name, see Medusa (Shin Megami Tensei II).

Medusa
Origin	Greek Culture
Race(s)	FemmeShin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Medusa is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Medusa is a monster of Greek Mythology, one of the three gorgon sisters and the only mortal of the three. She is a woman with hair made of snakes whose gaze had the power to turn people to stone. The hero Perseus was sent on a quest by Polydectes in a scheme to kill him to kill Medusa, and was aided by the goddess Athena who provided him with a reflective shield so he may see Medusa without being struck by her petrifying gaze, and Hermes who granted Perseus his winged sandals and Hades helm of invisibility so he may sneak up on the gorgon. With these Perseus was successfully able to behead Medusa and from her severed neck sprung her children Pegasus and Chrysaor. Perseus then used her head to petrify Polydectes for forcing his mother into marriage.

She was initially portrayed as a hideous creature with wings, claws and fangs, but over time the depiction shifted to portray her as a beautiful woman. While she was initially said to be the monstrous offspring of Phorcys and Ceto, the roman poet Orvid introduced the narrative that she was a human priestess of Athena who was seduced by Poseidon and had an affair within the goddess's temple and was transformed by the goddess into the form of a gorgon as punishment.

Design

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Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level Medusa 35	Strength 41 Dexterity 41 Magic 41 Agility 41 Luck 41
Race Alignment Speech HP MP Femme {{{align}}} — 315 140
Basic Attack 1 attack(s) with the Phys element / Target: 1 enemy / Add: None
Location Special Fusion (Pele + Basilisk + Vouivre)
Resistances — StrStrong — — DrnDrain WkWeak — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Stun Needles 14 MP 1-3 hits of Heavy Gun damage with 60% chance of Bind to random enemies. Mazionga 20 MP Medium Elec damage to all enemies. Tathlum Shot 7 MP Medium Gun damage to one enemy. 36 Gun Pleroma — Increases damage output of user's Gun attacks by 25%. Stacks with other bonuses. 38

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

	Name Level Medusa 33	Strength 35 Dexterity 61 Magic 33 Agility 41 Luck 36
Race Alignment HP MP Femme Chaos 3046 622
Basic Attack 1 attack(s) with the Phys element / Target: 1 enemy / Add: None
Drop Zionga Stone (100%) Needle Orb (100%) —
Resistances — RsResist — — NuNull WkWeak — — ×1 ×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1.25 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×0 ×0 RsResist RsResist ×0 ×0 ×0 ×0
Skills Skill Cost Description Snake's Fangs 24 MP 2 to 3 hits of heavy gun damage and 60% bind to multiple foes. Rapid Needle 5 MP Weak gun damage to all foes. Tathlum Shot 7 MP Medium gun damage to one foe. Zionga 10 MP Medium elec damage to one foe. Marin Karin 5 MP 55% charm to one foe.

	Name Level Medusa 39	Strength 39 Dexterity 69 Magic 57 Agility 54 Luck 46
Race Alignment Speech HP MP Femme Chaos Medusa 420 189
Basic Attack 1-3 attack(s) with the Phys element / Target: 1 enemy / Add: None
Location Special Fusion (Pele + Basilisk + Vouivre)
Resistances — RsResist — — NuNull WkWeak — — ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — +3 — — +3 -5 — — — +2 — —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Snake's Fangs 24 MP 2 to 3 hits of heavy gun damage and 60% bind to multiple foes. Marin Karin 5 MP 55% charm to one foe. Mazionga 24 MP Medium elec damage to all foes. Gun Pleroma — Boosts gun attack by 25%. 40 Grand Tack 11 MP Heavy gun damage to one foe. 41 Ziodyne 20 MP Heavy elec damage to one foe. 43

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei IV	A monster of Greek lore; one of the three Gorgon sisters. She had snakes for hair, bronze scales for skin, golden wings on her back, sharp fangs, and eyes that could turn anyone who looked straight into them into stone. In some traditions, she was a beautiful woman, and her snake hair was her only ugly feature. With the help of the goddess Athena, Perseus was able to behead her.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	A monster of Greek lore; one of the three Gorgon sisters. She had snakes for hair, bronze scales for skin, golden wings on her back, sharp fangs, and eyes that could turn anyone who looked straight into them into stone. In some traditions, she was a beautiful woman, and her snake hair was her only ugly feature. With the help of the goddess Athena, Perseus was able to behead her.

Game Appearances

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

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Shin Megami Tensei IV

Medusa guards the lower levels of the Sky Tower, petrifying humans that stumble into her domain and cultivating a collection of human statues. She ambushes the Samurai prentices when they venture to the bottom of the Sky Tower, enamored by their youthful appearances and excited at the prospect of adding the most magnificent specimens to her collection. During the fight, she becomes increasingly frustrated when the prentices foil her attacks, mistaking them to be associates of Tayama. She is eventually defeated and sorrowfully laments her defeat.

She is unlocked for fusion after her defeat.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Medusa makes her presence known to Nanashi and his party by petrifying the angels guarding the entrance to the Sky Tower as the group explores the Excavation Worker Quarters. She greets the party as they rush out to see the commotion she caused. Abe is confused to see her alive, having heard from Lucifer that she had died, but she lets him know that the Divine Powers revived her. Despite their goals, she still considers herself an artist first and foremost and is much more interested in turning Nanashi and his party into statues. Despite engaging the party in battle, she is defeated once more.

She is unlocked for fusion after her defeat.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	メデューサ Medyūsa	Medusa

Gallery

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  Sprite of Medusa from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

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  Animated sprite of Medusa from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

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  Official character bio