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“No matter how good you are with words, it's inevitable that meaning is lost between your mind and someone else's. Trying to communicate is like throwing a cup of water at a thirsty person's face. It's better than nothing, sure, and a teaspoon of water might hit their lips, but oh, God, there's just so much water in the grass.”
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Oh good, now I have a cheat sheet for Uncensored Nate
in Book 4 line 743 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, he tells us that Medusa is a daughter of Phorcys
Ovid gives no information about Phorcys, but based off contemporary literature such as Book 5 of Vergil's Aeneid, he is a sea god. based off of Hyginus' Fabulae, it can be reasonably assumed that within the context of Roman tradition, Medusa's mother is Phorcys' sister Ceto. their parents are Pontus, a sea god who is specifically associated with the Black Sea, and Gaia. their brother is Nereus, who by the Oceanid Doris had 50 daughters known as the Nereids
the only logical conclusion is that within the context of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Medusa was a sea nymph before her transformation at the hands of Minerva
adding to this is the story of Scylla's transformation into a monster at the hands of Helios' daughter Circe in Book 14, established in the previous book during the story of Galatea as a sea nymph. and in Book 5, the Sirens are described as daughters of the river Achelous and were given wings in order to continue their search for their lost playmate, Proserpina
all this to say: I have no clue where the idea that Medusa was a human and/or a priestess came from because there is no evidence whatsoever within the text of Ovid's Metamorphoses to even imply that would be the case
