In 1940, Sigmund Freud's "Das Medusenhaupt ( Medusa's Head)" was published posthumously. In Freud's interpretation: "To decapitate = to castrate. The terror of Medusa is thus a terror of castration that is linked to the sight of something. Numerous analyses have made us familiar with the occasion for this: it occurs when a boy, who has hitherto been unwilling to believe the threat of castration, catches sight of the female genitals, probably those of an adult, surrounded by hair, and essentially those of his mother." [19] In this perspective the "ravishingly beautiful" Medusa (see above) is the mother remembered in innocence; before the mythic truth of castration dawns on the subject. Classic Medusa, in contrast, is an Oedipal/libidinous symptom. Looking at the forbidden mother (in her hair-covered genitals, so to speak) stiffens the subject in illicit desire and freezes him in terror of the Father's retribution. There are no recorded instances of Medusa turning a woman to stone.

Campbell, Joseph (1968). The Masks of God, Vol. 3: Occidental Mythology. London: Penguin Books. pp.152–153. ISBN 978-0140194418. We have already spoken of Medusa and of the powers of her blood to render both life and death. We may now think of the legend of her slayer, Perseus, by whom her head was removed and presented to Athene. Professor Hainmond assigns the historical King Perseus of Mycenae to a date c. 1290 B.C., as the founder of a dynasty; and Robert Graves–whose two volumes on The Greek Myths are particularly noteworthy for their suggestive historical applications–proposes that the legend of Perseus beheading Medusa means, specifically, that 'the Hellenes overran the goddess's chief shrines' and 'stripped her priestesses of their Gorgon masks', the latter being apotropaic faces worn to frighten away the profane. That is to say, there occurred in the early thirteenth century B.C. an actual historic rupture, a sort of sociological trauma, which has been registered in this myth, much as what Freud terms the latent content of a neurosis is registered in the manifest content of a dream: registered yet hidden, registered in the unconscious yet unknown or misconstrued by the conscious mind. And in every such screening myth–in every such mythology {that of the Bible being, as we have just seen, another of the kind}–there enters in an essential duplicity, the consequences of which cannot be disregarded or suppressed. Freud, Sigmund (Summer 2017). "Medusa's Head". The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud. The Hogarth Press. Vol. XVIII, p. 273 The shortest known snake is the thread snake. It is about 4 inches long and lives on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean. It is said to be as “thin as spaghetti” and it feeds primarily on termites and larvae. [1] Medusa on the breastplate of Alexander the Great, as depicted in the Alexander Mosaic from Pompeii's House of the Faun (c. 200 BC)

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Childs, William A. P. “The Human Animal: The Near East and Greece.” In The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, edited by J. Michael Padgett, pp. 49–72. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Farm boys have more fun than city boys. Every farm boy has watched the "hair snakes" sometimes found wriggling in drinking troughs for horses and cattle, or in puddles on a country road. They and their fathers will argue obstinately that these are hairs, from a horse's mane or tail, that turned into snakes. Phooie. Watch this second video if you want to see what to do if your clog is further down the drain. Option #2: A Good Old Fashioned Drain Clearing

Chances are, you won’t even have to remove the stopper. Just lift it up with your hands or open it using the stopper lever just above or below your bathroom faucet. Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas (2002). "Two Dimensions of Biodiversity Research Exemplified by Nematomorpha and Gastrotricha". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42 (3): 633–640. doi: 10.1093/icb/42.3.633. PMID 21708759. Glennon, Madeleine. “Medusa in Ancient Greek Art.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/medu/hd_medu.htm (March 2017) Further Reading The triple form is not primitive, it is merely an instance of a general tendency... which makes of each woman goddess a trinity, which has given us the Horae, the Charites, the Semnai, and a host of other triple groups. It is immediately obvious that the Gorgons are not really three but one + two. The two unslain sisters are mere appendages due to custom; the real Gorgon is Medusa. [13] Belson, Janer Danforth. “The Gorgoneion in Greek Architecture.” PhD diss., Bryn Mawr College, 1981.Hanelt, B, F. Thomas, and A. Schmidt-Rhaesa (2005). "Biology of the phylum Nematomorpha". Advances in Parasitology Volume 59. pp.244–305. doi: 10.1016/S0065-308X(05)59004-3. ISBN 9780120317592. PMID 16182867. {{ cite book}}: |journal= ignored ( help) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Harrison, Jane Ellen (1903) 3rd ed. 1922. Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion,: "The Ker as Gorgon" John. “ Fear of Snakes, Spiders Rooted in Evolution, Study Finds.” National Geographic. October 4, 2001. Accessed: May 18, 2015. Anacondas can hold their breath for up to 10 minutes under water. Additionally, similar to crocodiles, anacondas have eyes and nostrils that can poke above the water’s surface to increase their stealth and hunting prowess. [2]

The amount of food a snake eats determines how many offspring it will have. The Arafura file snake eats the least and lays just one egg every decade. [1] The most rare and endangered snake is the St. Lucia racer. There are only 18 to 100 of these snakes left. [19] Medusa sculpture by Luciano Garbati, which portrays her clutching the severed head of Perseus (2008) [37]Most shower drain hair catchers are made with silicone or rubber materials. If you go with one of these, it’s a good idea to replace the catcher every few months. Alternatively, you could go with a stainless steel drain catcher, which doesn’t need to be replaced as often. It all depends on personal preference. Choose the style Scientists Investigate ‘Mad Snake Disease” which Makes Captive Pythons Tie Themselves in Knots.” Daily Mail. Updated August 15, 2012. Accessed: May 18, 2015. Jane Harrison has pointed out (Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion) that Medusa was once the goddess herself, hiding behind a prophylactic Gorgon mask: a hideous face intended to warn the profane against trespassing on her Mysteries. Perseus beheads Medusa: that is, the Hellenes overran the goddess's chief shrines, stripped her priestesses of their Gorgon masks, and took possession of the sacred horses—an early representation of the goddess with a Gorgon's head and a mare's body has been found in Boeotia. Bellerophon, Perseus's double, kills the Lycian Chimaera: that is, the Hellenes annulled the ancient Medusan calendar, and replaced it with another. There are a few cases of accidental parasitism in vertebrate hosts, including dogs [15] and humans. Several cases involving Parachordodes, Paragordius, or Gordius have been recorded in human hosts in Japan and China. [16] [17] Community ecology [ edit ] Horsehair worm in Germany 2021

The combination of the vinegar and baking soda will start to fizz. Let the fizzing work its magic. Around five minutes after the fizzing stops, pour two quarts of boiling water down the drain. The Mozambique spitting cobra can spit venom over 8 feet away. It can spit from any position, including lying on the ground or raised up. It prefers to aim for its victim’s eyes. [16]

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A local named Tu, 49, first noticed the snake when it slowly moved in the dirty water near his house while he was walking. Amazed by the creature, he took home the snake and kept it in an earthen water jar before showing it to his equally-confused family members. They, too, were baffled by the dragon-like appearance of the animal. Kounteya. “ No More the Land of Snake Charmers.” The Times of India. July 25, 2006. Accessed: May 18, 2015. a b Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. pp.307–308. ISBN 978-0-03-056747-6. Scientists believe humans are predisoposed to fear snakes • The fear of snakes ( ophiophobia or herpetophobia) is one of the most common phobias worldwide. Approximately 1/3 of all adult humans are ophidiophobic, which suggests that humans have an innate, evolutionary fear of snakes. [9] Unscrew the piece securing the metal rod to the drain stop, which connects the drain stop to the clevis strap.