Medusa!

Medusa! Sterling Medusa coin strung with square serpentine beads, small serpentine rounds, serpentine ovals, and brown with yellow and red Krobo beads, sterling clasp.

Approx. 21” L

Medusa, where to begin? The Priestess of Athena who was raped in Her temple by Poseidon, and she was punished? The mighty Gorgon? The lesser known war chief? The symbol of protection on temples, and on the shield of Athena Herself? So many stories, so many versions of the woman who could turn you to stone with a glance, by looking into her eyes, etc. And in modern times has become a feminist icon, symbol of victim blaming, and a symbol of surviving sexual assault and rape.