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Etymology
'Clue' was originally a ball of thread
A clew was the thread Theseus used to escape the labyrinth. The word came to mean anything guiding you to an answer.
Etymology
'Panic' comes from the god Pan
Greeks blamed sudden irrational terror in lonely forests on Pan, the goat-legged god of wild places.
Mythology
Medusa was cursed, not born a monster
In Ovid's telling, Medusa was a beautiful priestess of Athena. After Poseidon assaulted her in the goddess's temple, Athena punished Medusa instead of him, turning her hair into serpents and her gaze to stone.