Figure 34. Mother Bear doorway of Tribal House on Chief Shakes Island, Wrangell, Alaska. Tlingit Culture. Nineteenth century CE.

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Figure 35. Stamp seal, bear in birthing position. Çatalhöyük, Neolithic Anatolia.

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Figure 36. Perseus slaying Medusa. Melos; ca. 450 BCE; British Museum 1842.7.28.1134. Courtesy of the British Museum. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter.

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Figure 37. Gorgon Antefix. 620–600 BCE. Courtesy of the Kekyra Archaeological Museum. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter.

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Figure 38. Gorgon, pediment, Artemis Temple, Corfu. 590–580 BCE. The Medusa on this pediment is nine feet tall; her waist is cinched with serpents; there are snakes in her hair. She appears with a lion and with her children, Pegasus and Chrysaor. Courtesy of the Kekyra Archaeological Museum. Photograph by Gregory L. Dexter.

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