Nice connection there
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justdaveisfine@piefed.social 21 hours ago
I thought they were based on gorgons, specifically gorgoneion which is the image of just the head of a gorgon.
Mothra@mander.xyz 20 hours ago
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 20 hours ago
Yeah it’s pretty clearly Medusa/Gorgon-inspired. Obviously, it has its own unique twist, as it should, and probably includes aspects from some other references as well (Scylla, Cyclops, and the Hydra from classical mythology, and various Lovecraftian and Science-fiction tentacle/blob monsters that were common throughout the 60s and 70s) but the basic imagery and functionality is too similar to a gorgon to ignore that there’s likely some connection, whether conscious and intentional or not.