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The Evil Eye: Chapter V. The Gorgoneion

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WHETHER looked at as the emblem of a hideous fable or simply as a mask, the Gorgoneion has in all ages been "reputed one of the most efficacious | Click to enlarge FIG. 47. | It may have been the universality of the belief in the Medusa's power that led to masks becoming such favourites as protectors.

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