the cap of invisibility was given to perseus to make him invisible.
what was given to perseus to make him invisible?
the cap of invisibility
bullet::::- a cloak of invisibility appears in such a fairy tales as "the twelve dancing princesses". a more common trope is the "cap" of invisibility. the cap of invisibility has appeared in greek myth: hades was ascribed possession of a cap or helmet that made the wearer invisible. in some versions of the perseus myth, perseus borrows this cap from the goddess athena and uses it to sneak up on the sleeping medusa when he kills her. the thief autolycus, grandfather of odysseus, had a helmet to make him invisible. a similar helmet, the tarnhelm, is found in norse mythology - from which it was taken into richard wagner's "der ring des nibelungen" where it is used by alberich in "das rheingold". in the second branch of the "mabinogi", one of the important texts of welsh mythology, caswallawn (the historical cassivellaunus) murders caradog ap bran and other chieftains left in charge of britain while wearing a cloak of invisibility.
invisibility in fiction
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perseus is a mythological figure.









































perseus may also refer to:









































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bullet::::- perseus (geometer), ancient greek mathematician









































bullet::::- perseus of macedon, last king of macedon









































bullet::::- perseus karlström (born 1990), swedish racewalker









































section::::places.









































bullet::::- mount perseus, an ice dome on candlemas island, south sandwich islands









































bullet::::- mount perseus (british columbia), a mountain in canada









































bullet::::- perseus crags, a group of nunataks in palmer land, antarctica









































bullet::::- perseus peak, a summit in the cook mountains, antarctica









































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bullet::::- perseus (constellation), a constellation in the northern sky









































bullet::::- perseus arm, an arm of the milky way
perseus (disambiguation)