Meduza (Russian folklore)
Meduza, Meluza or Meluzina is a mythical creature in Russian folklore. She was depicted in a Russian lubok of the XVII or XVIII 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 the legs of an elephant and having 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 «Ocean-Sea near the Ethiopian abyss», or in the West Ocean.
