 In this regard "Gorgoneia" are similar to the sometimes grotesque faces on Chinese soldiers’ shields, also used generally as an amulet, a protection against the evil eye.Likewise, in Hindu mythology, Kali is often shown with a protruding tongue and snakes around her head.In some Greek myths, blood taken from the right side of a Gorgon could bring the dead back to life, yet blood taken from the left side was an instantly fatal poison.