Medusa and Gorgon iconography are widely used as apotropaic amulets and wards for the home, providing protection to the witch who ensorcels them and consecrates them to the Gorgons.
Engraved on slate. Variations in size, colour, and shape will occur as these are natural stone and will have imperfections unique to each piece.
Comes with a 2 piece plastic foot easel.
"Medusa, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes; unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful. Medusa was the only Gorgon who was mortal; hence her slayer, Perseus, was able to kill her by cutting off her head. From the blood that spurted from her neck sprang Chrysaor and Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon. The severed head, which had the power of turning into stone all who looked upon it, was given to Athena, who placed it in her shield; according to another account, Perseus buried it in the marketplace of Argos." - Encyclopedia Brittanica
Engraved on slate. Variations in size, colour, and shape will occur as these are natural stone and will have imperfections unique to each piece.
Comes with a 2 piece plastic foot easel.
"Medusa, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes; unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful. Medusa was the only Gorgon who was mortal; hence her slayer, Perseus, was able to kill her by cutting off her head. From the blood that spurted from her neck sprang Chrysaor and Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon. The severed head, which had the power of turning into stone all who looked upon it, was given to Athena, who placed it in her shield; according to another account, Perseus buried it in the marketplace of Argos." - Encyclopedia Brittanica