I see about the arcs, I wonder why he calls them that.
How odd, the first three times I saw a "gorgon" it was a large metal bull, first time it looked mechanical, second time it appeared to be a beast of living metal with metal scales, third time it looked more like it was casted in metal, then animated. In all cases, it could apparently breath fire, and looking into its gem/odd eyes would cause instant death...but not stoning. The forth time I saw the name, it was on a medusa creature. I have never seen the super-minotaur though.
Not lost in translation, lost in time. There spans about 2700+ years between us and the original story; do you think it would stay intact?
Also, I think petrification is the wrong word, because that would turn every gazer into coal, not granite.
Yeah, anything that can't see will unaffected. If the creatures own eyes are gone, it will lose the ability. Heh, blind marksdwarves, how many bystanders get shot?
The mutilation and surgery sounds funny, but I doubt you could mix and match, too different on the inside. Even mixing blood of the same species (how many blood types?) is hazardous, this would be near impossible. Although, I would really enjoy seeing what happens when I take wings off of one creature and attach them to a dwarf.