Stheno gorgon tattoo

Medusa and her two sisters, Euryale and Stheno were "gorgons." They were all children of the ancient marine deities Phorcys and his sister Ceto. They lived on an island called Sarpedon, near Cisthene.

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A black and white image of a statue of Medusa, the Greek Gorgon. She is depicted with snakes for hair, and her face has a serene and slightly melancholic expression. The snakes are intertwined around her head and neck, some with their heads facing forward, and others coiled around her. The statue is set on a base, and the background is a dark, plain surface. The image evokes a sense of mystery and power.

In Greek mythology Medusa ("guardian, protectress")[1] was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as having the face of a hideous human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Gazing directly into her eyes would turn onlookers to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto,[2] though the author Hyginus (Fabulae, 151) interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents.