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The open mouth is clearly marked off from the chin and jowls by a pair of bulging lips. Under the chin there are traces which probably mark the remains of a soldered beard. The Gorgon's bared teeth, tusks and tongue hanging from her mouth would be intended to increase the deterrent effect of the symbol. The hub is surrounded by three sickle ...
Representations of full-bodied Gorgons and the Gorgon face, called a gorgoneion (pl. gorgoneia), were popular subjects in Ancient Greek, Etruscan and Roman iconography. While Archaic Gorgons and gorgoneia are universally depicted as hideously ugly, over time they came to be portrayed as beautiful young women.
Medusa is the most well-known of the three mythological monsters, having been variously portrayed as a monster, a protective symbol, a rallying symbol for liberty, and a sympathetic victim of rape and/or a curse. The Gorgons are best known by their hair of living venomous snakes and ability to turn living creatures to stone.
40 Finger Tattoo Design Ideas to Get You Started. ... #18 Subtle Symbols. A pair of tattoos that incorporate simple black shapes and dots. Image credits: @bysadiedaisy #19 Ornamental Cathedrals.
Medusa and her Gorgon sisters Euryale and Stheno were usually described as daughters of Phorcys and Ceto; of the three, only Medusa was mortal. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon [5] until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield.
The aegis on the so-called Athena Lemnia, a Roman statue type often identified as a copy of a work by the Classical Greek sculptor Pheidias (Dresden Skulpturensammlung). The aegis (/ ˈ iː dʒ ɪ s / EE-jis; [1] Ancient Greek: αἰγίς aigís), as stated in the Iliad, is a device carried by Athena and Zeus, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the ...
Classical Greek depiction of Medusa from the fourth century BC. The Gorgoneion appears to have originated as an apotropaic symbol intended to ward off evil. [178] In a late myth invented to explain the origins of the Gorgon, [179] Medusa is described as having been a young priestess who served in the temple of Athena in Athens. [180]
This tattoo incorporates a sun and a yin-yang symbol into the semicolon. A yin-yang signifies the complementary forces that make up life on Earth ( 7 ). Image credits: @tatynpobkatattoostudio