Abstract: The development and rethinking of one of the most striking mythological images is traced in the work. The image of Medea, most often interpreted in the literature of the twentieth century, is skipped through the prism of modern conflicts with author's creative "arbitrariness", demonstrating its timelessness and relevance. The subject of the study is the image of an ancient Greek sorceress Medea, who became the source of inspiration for many writers, from where they got ideas, symbols, images, motifs, plot lines. The object of the study is the process of mythmaking through which the role of the mythological plot about Medea and the degree of its rethinking in works of fiction is revealed.The author uses a complex approach to the study of literary phenomena, cultural-historical and comparative-typological methods of research. The main conclusion of the study is that the realities of a new time, such as the phenomenon of women's emancipation, the protection of human rights and freedoms, military themes, social conflicts, information wars are reinterpreted and embodied in the text through author's mythicizing. Taking as a basis the mythological plot of each of the authors demythologize it to a greater or lesser extent, imparting individual distinctive features, putting emphasis differently.