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HoMM3 Question: Why is the Gorgon image like a bull?
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HoMM3 Question: Why is the Gorgon image like a bull?
The Gorgon was inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons ‘Gorgon’, which was derived from Lybian Beast described by Edward Topsell in his 1607 zoological text, ‘The Historie of Foure Footed Beasts’. You can read a good summary here by F. Wesley Schneider.
A Gorgon is a creature in Greek mythology. Gorgons occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature. While descriptions of Gorgons vary, the term most commonly refers to three sisters who are described as having hair made of living, venomous snakes and horrifying visages that turned those who beheld them to stone. Traditionally, two of the Gorgons, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal, but their sister Medusa was not and was slain by the demigod and hero Perseus.
Dungeons & Dragons version of the Gorgon appears as a bull, large quadrupedal creatures covered in natural iron plates. They can attack their targets with their hooves and horns, and additionally exhale a petrifying gas.
Stheno, Euryale and Medusa – Gorgons, Greek mythology
Dungeons & Dragons version of the Gorgon
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