{"id":22078,"date":"2025-10-22T12:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/?p=22078"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:31:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T10:31:29","slug":"meduse-un-myth-a-redecouvrir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/meduse-un-myth-a-redecouvrir\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00e9duse &#8211; un myth \u00e0 red\u00e9couvrir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On l\u2019a peinte comme un monstre, mais avant d\u2019\u00eatre une Gorgone, M\u00e9duse \u00e9tait une femme. Belle, trahie, condamn\u00e9e \u00e0 incarner la peur que les dieux avaient d\u2019eux-m\u00eames. Aujourd\u2019hui, son histoire se redresse peu \u00e0 peu\u2026 et son regard se tourne \u00e0 nouveau vers nous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1052\" src=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Meduse-P1_final.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Meduse-P1_final.webp 744w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Meduse-P1_final-424x600.webp 424w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Meduse-P1_final-724x1024.webp 724w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Meduse-P1_final-600x848.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e9duse, la plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre des Gorgones, n\u2019est pas n\u00e9e dans le sang.<br>Dans les plus anciens r\u00e9cits, elle est la fille de <strong>Phorcys et C\u00e9to<\/strong>, deux divinit\u00e9s marines, eux-m\u00eames parents des monstres primordiaux de la mer. Ce qui fait d\u2019elle\u2026 <strong>la cousine directe de Zeus.<\/strong> Un d\u00e9tail que l\u2019on oublie souvent, tant le mythe a \u00e9t\u00e9 poli, simplifi\u00e9, invers\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-09.12.16.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-09.12.16.webp 577w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-09.12.16-433x600.webp 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est <strong>Ovide<\/strong>, dans les <em>M\u00e9tamorphoses<\/em> (Livre IV, v. 770-803 environ), qui donne la version la plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre du viol de M\u00e9duse par Pos\u00e9idon dans le temple d\u2019Ath\u00e9na.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-09.11.57.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-09.11.57.webp 586w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-09.11.57-440x600.webp 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Viol\u00e9e dans un temple d\u2019Ath\u00e9na, punie \u00e0 la place de son agresseur, M\u00e9duse est l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res victimes mythologiques d\u2019un r\u00e9cit de pouvoir. La d\u00e9esse, incapable d\u2019affronter son propre statut de femme divine, transforme la beaut\u00e9 en horreur. Pourtant, dans les traditions les plus anciennes, la Gorgone n\u2019est pas qu\u2019un monstre : elle est <strong>apotropa\u00efque<\/strong>, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire qu&rsquo;elle repousse le mauvais sort.<br>Ses yeux p\u00e9trifient, oui, mais ce regard prot\u00e8ge aussi des mal\u00e9dictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-20.00.57.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-20.00.57.webp 600w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-21-20.00.57-450x600.webp 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est dans cette ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 \u2014 entre figure de terreur et talisman \u2014 que commence mon projet d&rsquo; <em><strong>Encyclop\u00e9die fantastique<\/strong><\/em>.<br>Un projet pour revisiter les mythes, les replacer dans leur contexte culturel, et comprendre comment ces r\u00e9cits continuent \u00e0 nous parler : \u00e0 travers les \u0153uvres, les contes, les jeux, et les images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cw\/alexcomics\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2511\" src=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22099\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:168px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-500x490.png 500w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-1024x1004.png 1024w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-768x753.png 768w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-1536x1506.png 1536w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-2048x2009.png 2048w, https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/meduse-600x588.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019histoire compl\u00e8te de M\u00e9duse, avec ses sources, ses variantes et son interpr\u00e9tation symbolique, sera publi\u00e9e tr\u00e8s bient\u00f4t sur <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cw\/alexcomics\">Patreon<\/a><\/strong>, dans la premi\u00e8re fiche de l\u2019Encyclop\u00e9die fantastique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On l\u2019a peinte comme un monstre, mais avant d\u2019\u00eatre une Gorgone, M\u00e9duse \u00e9tait une femme. Belle, trahie, condamn\u00e9e \u00e0 incarner la peur que les dieux avaient d\u2019eux-m\u00eames. Aujourd\u2019hui, son histoire se redresse peu \u00e0 peu\u2026 et son regard se tourne \u00e0 nouveau vers nous. M\u00e9duse, la plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre des Gorgones, n\u2019est pas n\u00e9e dans le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[311,103,1027,97,449,24],"tags":[320,321,1028,447,323,4,224,261],"class_list":["post-22078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-character-design","category-couverture-de-livre-book-cover","category-encyclopedie","category-fantaisie","category-fantastique","category-illustrations-2","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-encyclopedie","tag-fantastique","tag-illustrateur","tag-illustrations","tag-meduse","tag-mythologie","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22100,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22078\/revisions\/22100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/et-si.net\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}