HANDCRAFTED ART DOLLS MADE IN THE UK
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THE GRAEAE

£255.00

Tooth for a tooth and eye for an eye.

PEMPHREDO: "Sister! Let me have the orb"
ENYO: "I shall not let you have it"
PEMPHREDO:"I see a watcher on the hill, see! Dread approaches"
DEINO: "We three must speak"
ENYO: "He dares to challenge us, the three sisters"
PERSEUS: "Oh nightmare hags, thrice betold, withered of skin, parchment stretched over sinew and yellowed bone, tell me of the lair of Medusa, where the serpentine witch resides"
THE GRAEAE: "We shall not"
PERSEUS: "Oh tell me of the Gorgon, the snake tressed seducer, stony eyed and lover of men"
PEMPHREDO: "We see with this one eye, this one tooth shared between us, you shall come to no good"

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The Graeae were three sea hags, who shared a single eye and tooth between them. Grey of hair, the sisters were the personification of sea foam. Visited by Perseus and questioned as to the whereabouts of Medusa, their eye and tooth were stolen by the hero in an attempt to discover her lair.

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Set of three handmade art dolls, come complete with stone textured display stand. Also includes piece of fossilised wood, Cornish quartz and spiral stone, as well as staff with vintage metal bell.

SIZE: 12"x12"x12" approx

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