MYTHICAL FACE PLAQUE MEDUSA WALL DECOR GORGON 10006

MYTHICAL FACE PLAQUE MEDUSA WALL DECOR GORGON 10006 (image 1/1)
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36 South Main StreetMiamisburg, OH 45342 Please Visit Our Ebay Store! All items are proudly made in the USA in our Ohio Studio. ITEM: Medusa Plaque MATERIAL: Designer Casting Stone MODEL # 10006 WEIGHT: 12lbs MEASUREMENTS: 15"W X 16"H X 2"D (approx.) COLOR: Terracotta/Champagne (Default)For an alternate finish, email us with your payment.Alternates are: Copper, Pewter, Sandstone, Terracotta/Yellow and Bronze In Greek mythology, Medusa , "guardian, protectress, queen". Her name probably derived from the feminine present participle of medein, "to protect, rule over". Compare Medon, Medea, Diomedes [1]), a sea nymph, was one of three gorgon sisters, and the most beautiful. She was courted by Poseidon, and made love to him in a temple of Athena. Furious, Athena transformed Medusa into a monstrous chthonic beast, whose frightening face could turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon[2] until giving it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. Having coupled with Poseidon previously, two beings sprang from her body when she was beheaded. One, Pegasus, was a winged horse later tamed by Bellerophon to help him kill the chimera. The other, Chrysaor of the Golden Sword, remains relatively unknown today. In classical antiquity and today, the image of the head of Medusa finds read more
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