#gorgoneion

Roman antefix (roof tile) with a gorgoneion

1st century CE

Yes women probably had different interpretations of mythology compared to men, no they didn’t think that Athena was “gifting” Medusa with the power to defend herself from men, that idea was made up by tumblr and was asinine from the get go.

A protective talisman depicting the apotropaic image of a Gorgon's head, a common protection symbol throughout ancient Greece and the Hellenistic world, on the front and the names of the three attested Gorgons - Medusa, Sthenno, and Euryale - in Greek on the back. This particular image was done in the Attic style, based particularly the Gorgon images found painted in kylix cups from the 4th Century BCE. Talisman is available in .925 sterling silver, shibuichi (a 3:1 copper: silver art metal alloy), brass, or bronze. It is available as a coin, with a perpendicular bail for wearing as a pendant, or a parallel upeye for hanging on a key chain.

Each piece is hand-made, cast and finished from a mold which I also made. Each piece is unique, with unique variations in texture and finish, including some small defects which are an inevitable part of the process.

These talismans are NOT consecrated. That is your responsibility.