Meduza (Russian Folklore)
Meduza ( rus, Медуза), Meluza ( rus, Мелуза, literally «small», «little») or Meluzina ( rus, Мелузина) is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian ''lubok'' of the 17th or 18th century. She is described as half-woman, half-snake, or as the half-woman, half-fish creature. She is also said to be the deity of deception. Appearance She is represented as a sea monster with the head of a beautiful dark-haired maiden, having the body and belly of a striped beast, a dragon tail with a snake's mouth at the end, and legs resembling those of an elephant with the same snake mouths at the end. She also wears a crown. According to belief, her snake mouths contained a deadly dragon poison. She was said to live in the Sea near the Ethiopia, Ethiopian abyss, or in the Atlantic Ocean, Western Ocean. See also * Medusa * Melusine References Sources

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