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Post by Marcus on Apr 10, 2006 13:16:42 GMT -5
I have always found gargoyles fascinating! Something really cool and creepy about them. Post any that pics that you can find! Gargoyles are mythological beings. They adorn countless cathedrals around the world. Early references date back to 600 A.D. The word 'gargoyles' is derived from an old French word gargouille, meaning throat. The English words gargle, gurgle and gargoyle are derived from gargouille. Some believe that gargoyles - sometimes called grotesques - are inspired by the skeletal remains of prehistoric dinosaurs and other fossils. Originally a gargoyle was considered a waterspout, directing water away from a building. Technically an architect calls a waterspout on a building a gargoyle. If a stone carving does not carry water and has a face that resembles a creature, it is technically called a grotesque. Some people feel that gargoyles are the expression of man's subconscious fears or, that they may be vestiges of paganism from an age when god would be heard in trees and river plains.
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Post by KittyLane on Apr 10, 2006 15:16:18 GMT -5
i love the little guy on the bottom!
*thanks for putting all this on for us. gave ya some karma for it...*
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Post by Marcus on Apr 10, 2006 17:23:05 GMT -5
i love the little guy on the bottom! *thanks for putting all this on for us. gave ya some karma for it...* Aww thanks!!! I have loads more! I will upload more 2moro but for now i need to go to sleep! School in the morning and I forgot to sleep last night lol I have some great art to post!
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Pel
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Post by Pel on Apr 10, 2006 17:28:51 GMT -5
i love the little guy on the bottom!quote] I do too! I wish I had a couple of those guys sitting on pedestals outside my door.
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Post by KittyLane on Apr 10, 2006 18:01:52 GMT -5
i love the little guy on the bottom! *thanks for putting all this on for us. gave ya some karma for it...* Aww thanks!!! I have loads more! I will upload more 2moro but for now i need to go to sleep! School in the morning and I forgot to sleep last night lol I have some great art to post! forgot to sleep!! ***wags finger, gets on mother pose-hand on hip.***
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Post by KittyLane on Apr 10, 2006 18:02:36 GMT -5
i love the little guy on the bottom!quote] I do too! I wish I had a couple of those guys sitting on pedestals outside my door. yes they are just so great. you see lion "gargoyles" around here. just not as good.
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Post by Marcus on Apr 11, 2006 10:42:21 GMT -5
Some Random ones
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Post by Marcus on Apr 11, 2006 10:43:49 GMT -5
Gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral
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Post by Zowwiee ™ on Apr 11, 2006 12:27:48 GMT -5
Wow thier amazing so big and scary.BB
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Post by KittyLane on Apr 11, 2006 15:24:06 GMT -5
they seem the stuff of nightmares. over powering, and garish...
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Post by Wolf on May 28, 2006 0:05:39 GMT -5
They are beautiful... They look so real.. and so.. powerful.. They don't look scary to me..
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