Medusa Head

is the boss of the eighth dungeon in, the Sword & Shield Maze.

Characteristics
Medusa Head stands in the center of the room and attacks by throwing spheres that can temporarily turn Link into stone, and if Link gets petrified it will attack him further. It is also capable of firing a laser beam from its eyes.

There are two strategies Link can use to defeat the Medusa Head, namely:
 * 1) Jumping using the Roc's Cape to avoid the stun spheres, then evading its attack, then attacking it with his sword, or
 * 2) Using the Hyper Slingshot and Pegasus Seeds to stun it, then attacking.

Trivia

 * Statues of the Medusa Head, or a creature very similar, appear in the higher levels of the completed Black Tower in.
 * An extremely similar enemy of the same name, albeit of significantly smaller size, appears in the NES game  and several of its sequels. Medusa Heads are also common enemies encountered in the, also for the NES.

Nomenclature
Medusa Head is a reference to the famed of Greek mythology,, who got decapitated by. Additionally, the petrifying sphere attack is a reference to Medusa's primary ability: turning living beings into stone.