The ancient Greeks believed that the Medusa of the gorgon, or rather its severed head - is an excellent guarding artifact, protecting from evil and "evil eye."
AmaGreki asendulo ayekholelwa ukuthi i-Medusa ye-gorgon, noma kunalokho, ikhanda layo eliqhekekile - liyisakhiwo esihle kakhulu sokuqapha, ukuvikela ebubini nase "iso elibi."