For 10 points, name this manner of death inflicted by looking at the head of Medusa or the eyes of a basilisk.
After undergoing this process, the wife of Amphion was whirlwind-ed back to her homeland of Sipylus, where she continued to cry a river of tears. One character from Norse mythology underwent this fate after identifying the sun as "Dvalin's Delight," and that dwarf, Alvis, had been a suitor to Thor's daughter. This occurred to a daughter of Tantalus, Niobe, after her children were shot down by Artemis and Apollo. Cassiopeia underwent this process at the hands of a hero who protected himself from it using a reflective shield. For 10 points, name this manner of death inflicted by looking at the head of Medusa or the eyes of a basilisk.
After undergoing this process, the wife of Amphion was whirlwind-ed back to her homeland of Sipylus, where she continued to cry a river of tears.
being turned into stone or petrification [or clear-knowledge equivalents]