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Gargoyles serve as drain spouts on the Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral. They are also visual reminders to the people to continue to attend mass, give tithes and live a "holy" life or else...
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How can you bind a gargoyle?
TO bind a gargoyle you must feed him wine with salt until he is drunk. Then you must run a spear through his head before he recovers.WARNING !!!!: Never show the gargoyle to other gargoyles as they will pulverise you into smithereens before you can say 'gargoyle'By Shadchuah
What are the characteristics on a gargoyle?
Gargoyles are architectural features typically found on buildings. They are often made of stone and are decorated with grotesque or monstrous designs. Gargoyles are known for their function as rain spouts, directing water away from the building, and for their distinctive and often exaggerated physical features, such as menacing faces or animal-like forms.
What is a gargoyle?
its a statue/structure of a creature believed to ward off evil spirits.depends on the country you saw/heard about them from/ina odd or unnatural shaped carved figure of a human or animal.A human-related gargoyle is called a Hellenistic Gargoyle.A roof spout, usually on a church, in the form of a grotesque head.
How gargoyles got their name?
The word gargoyle is from the Old French word gargouille meaning throat (Their job is to spit out the water from the roof)! ----
What is job of a gargoyle?
If I'm correct.... (i might not be).... the original purpose was to protect the house or building from evil spirits, ghosts, or demons. Although in present time I'm pretty sure they're just used for decoration. I hope this helps! P.S. You can probably find a more dependable answer on Google some where.
What kind of animals were used as a gargoyle?
Mythic
What makes a gargoyle a gargoyle?
Gargoyle is a term that comes from the spout that drained water in most of their throats, and it sounded like "gargling", hence the gargoyle.
How do you say gargoyle in German?
Gargoyle in German is wasserspeier.
Why do cathedrals need gargoyles other than for protection?
gargoyles also serve as rain spouts, there is a dish with a hole in the gargoyle that collects rain and lets it out of the gargoyle's mouth. gargoyle serve as raiinspouts as well
When did Gargoyle's Quest happen?
Gargoyle's Quest happened in 1990.
When was The Gargoyle - newspaper - created?
The Gargoyle - newspaper - was created in 1954.
When was Gargoyle Games created?
Gargoyle Games was created in 1983.
When was Grey Gargoyle created?
Grey Gargoyle was created in 1964.
How do you use gargoyle in a sentence?
My children are scared of the gargoyle on the building.
When was Geis of the Gargoyle created?
Geis of the Gargoyle was created in 1995-02.
How many pages does Geis of the Gargoyle have?
Geis of the Gargoyle has 315 pages.
Who makes gargoyle?
A gargoyle is a sculpture of a little winged monster that usually is placed atop buildings, or used as Halloween decorations. They are made commercially by novelty companies, and for use in architecture by professional sculptors.
