Believing in the power of gaze
The power of gaze appears in stories and myths throughout the centuries.
- Medusa turned people to stone with her gaze.
- The catoblepas and the basilisk, both described by Pliny the Elder, could kill with the single glance.
- In Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis, Venus complains of the pain caused by Adonis’ glance.
- As a cultural reference, we can also mention the Jedi master or Superman.
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