Gorgon's Gaze - Medusa Protective Amulet Necklace

The Gorgon's Gaze is an amuletic necklace handmade in devotion to Medusa, Queen of the Gorgons and a powerful goddess in her own right. Her head, crowned in snakes with wings at her temples, has been an apotropaic symbol for centuries in frescoes and mosaics, and is a potent defense against il malocchio (the evil eye). This necklace can be worn to keep il malocchio away, as well as in devotion to Medusa herself. Every bead is wrapped by hand and worked with intention. The center pendant depicts the Aegis, an apotropaic symbol used since antiquity for protection. It depicts Medusa in the center, with her curling snake hair and her chthonic wings of wisdom at her temples all loosely represented, with protective rays backing her. The pendant is made of stainless steel, with the center being its natural tone and the outer ring in a gold-tone. On either side of the pendant are 5 beads: two black lava rock beads framing a protective eye bead. Black lava rock calls in the shadows of Medusa's