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Bob Greenwade wrote on Sat, Mar 23 05:41 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 05:12 PM:

I am not sure that the word "gorgona" exists in English, does it?

As far as I can tell, only as a proper noun, as the name of two islands: Gorgona off the Italian west coast, and Gorgona Island near Colombia. (A few other things too, like a hotel in Crete, but nothing significant.)


H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Mar 23 05:14 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 03:50 PM:

However, pieces with these names should show a woman with snakes for hair rather than a target with lines or arrows coming from it, which seems to be based on how a particular piece moves instead of its name.

In biology 'medusa' is a stage in the life cycle of jellyfish, and I think the image attempts to depict that (the dashed lines representing the tentacles).

Anyway, the original Alfaerie GIFs used this image, and I just made an SVG copy when I needed it to equip some variant article with an Interactive Diagram. I never used the piece myself.


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Sat, Mar 23 05:12 PM UTC in reply to Fergus Duniho from 03:50 PM:

The Medusa may also be understood as a jellyfish by some people. In French both Medusa, the Greek monster, and jellyfish are called "méduse". Of course, the name of the animal comes from the mythological name.

For representing that piece in Musketeer Board Painter Tool I use their icon of a jellyfish.

Interesting also to note that Medusa was one of the three Gorgons in the Greek mythology. So, there is a bit of something weird in having both Medusa and Gorgona. I don't know who made those icons looking like targets.

I am not sure that the word "gorgona" exists in English, does it?


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