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Gorgon (disambiguation)


Gorgon (disambiguation)


In Greek mythology, a Gorgon is one of three monstrous sisters (including Medusa) who turned people to stone.

The Gorgon is another name for Medusa.

Gorgon may also refer to:

Entertainment

  • Gorgon (composition), a composition for orchestra by Christopher Rouse
  • Gorgon Video, a video production company and film distributor of dark documentaries and extreme horror films
  • Gorgon (comics), two Marvel Comics and two DC Comics characters
  • Delphyne Gorgon, a Marvel Comics character
  • Archduke Gorgon, a character from the Mazinger series of manga and anime
  • Gorgon (video game), a 1981 side-scrolling game for the Apple II
  • The Gorgon, a 1964 British Horror film
  • The Gorgon (1942 film), an Italian historical drama
  • The Gargons, a species of giant extraterrestrial lobsters from Teenagers from Outer Space

Military

  • HMS Gorgon, several ships of the Royal Navy
  • Gorgon-class monitor, a First World War Royal Navy monitor class
  • Gorgon (U.S. missile), an American missile developed during World War II
  • the SH-11 Russian anti-ballistic missile, formerly part of the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system
  • Gorgon Stare, a United States military surveillance system

Other uses

  • Gorgon of Rhodes, ancient Greek historian
  • Gorgon of Nicomedia, ancient Christian martyr
  • Gorgon (surname)
  • Euryale ferox, the "gorgon plant"
  • Gorgon gas project, a resources project in Western Australia
  • Gorgoń, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
  • South Devon Railway Gorgon class of locomotives
  • An African Gorgon, a mythological creature also known as a Catoblepas
  • Gorgon City, an English electronic music production duo

See also

  • Gorgan, a city in Iran
  • Gorgone (disambiguation)
  • Gorgonopsia, a sub-order of prehistoric mammal-like reptiles
  • Meandrusa payeni or Yellow Gorgon, a butterfly
  • Meandrusa sciron or Brown Gorgon, a butterfly
  • Saint-Gorgon (disambiguation), several communes in France


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