Gorgon

The Gorgons are a trio of sisters in Greek mythology: the two immortals Stheno and Euryale and the mortal Medusa. Who had living venomous snakes for their hair, turning those who viewed their visage into stone.
They first appeared in Marvel Comics in U.S.A. Comics #6 (December, 1942), written and penciled by Syd Shores and Al Avison.
==Background==
They are avatars of Our Ladies of Sorrow. (: "Our Ladies of Sorrow", Malleus Monstrorum) 
The Gorgons are a mystical race that descends from the Elder God Set. Sired by Set's son Phorcys who mated with the sea monster Ceto. They have green-skinned serpentine bodies, a feminine humanoid face, two mammary glands (breasts), snakes for hair, and fangs. Some of them have a green-skinned humanoid body with snakes for hair.
==Notes==
*The Witches and Other Night-Fears excerpt about Gorgons is the preface to "The Dunwich Horror" ().
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Category:Avatars of Our Ladies of Sorrow
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Category:Species Originating From Lovecraft Circle Works
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