Leather belt"Medusa Gorgon"

medusa - a mythical creature who lived in the north. titania jellyfish could fly and predict the future, was of unparalleled beauty and free will. her beauty enchanted of poseidon, and the liberty angered athena. in collusion, the olympians captured medusa and poseidon desecrated it, stripped of her magical powers and immortality. Athena cruelly avenged Titanide differently, turning it into a monster with snakes instead of hair. from the terrible ordeal opened medusa abyss of human suffering, and hardened by this terrible agony of her look. but athena was not enough. On behalf of the goddess Perseus cut off Medusa's head. From the body of the Gorgon was born Pegasus, gargon's blood was used by Asclepius as living and dead water. Medusa, the name is calculated as "Protectress, the guardian»

In Ancient Rome, the image of the serpentine head of Medusa became one of the most popular on the metal ornaments that served as military insignia. Most often Gorgon depicted on military medals, sometimes on armor and shields – in order to frighten and terrify the enemy.