Can /x/ give me the lowdown on gargoyles? Most websites say that

>>18818530
It's both and neither.
For you see, it's all in the mind.

"well of course there are all manner of lesser imps and demons Pete..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgcWfVvT_UM

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>>18818530
You will find gargoyles on most, if not all, of the beautiful gothic medieval Catholic Cathedrals because gargoyles were used to scare away demons and thus keep the evil out. At least, that is what I have always read.

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Gargoyle's are gay

>>18818552
thank you for reminding me to watch that movie

>>18818552
>oooohhhhhhhh no
>the devil's white

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The "bestiaries", popular treatises on natural history which exhibit a curious admixture of truth and error, are fully illustrated in the cathedrals in the stone carving of the capitals, the parapets, and the tops of the buttresses, and in the woodwork of the stalls. For example, one readily recalls the beautiful birds of prey, the wild boars, and the feline forms of the towers of Notre Dame in Paris; the birds covered with draperies, or the elephants at Reims; the enormous oxen of the towers of Laon placed there in memory of the patient service of those animals during the construction of the Cathedral. With the animals of the country, domestic or wild, those of remote parts of the earth, known by a few specimens, are also represented. Thus we find the lion, the elephant, apes, etc.; legendary animals also, like the unicorn, the basilisk, the dragon, and the griffin.

Imaginary creatures are also frequent, and the gargoyles alone display such a variety of them as to make us wonder at the fecundity of the artists of the period. Viollet-le-Duc remarks that he does not know, in France, two gargoyles alike. These unreal figures are, nevertheless, given such a semblance of reality as to make them appear faithful copies of nature.

The failure in modern times to rival these productions of medieval sculpture, while avoiding a literal copy of them, but increases our appreciation of their value. The symbolism which usually attaches to the various animals is derived for the most part from the "bestiaries". Thus, for the lion, strength, vigilance, and courage; for the siren, voluptuousness; for the pelican, charity. The four animals which symbolize the leading characteristics of each of the Four Evangelists become more and more an accessory used to characterize the figure of the Evangelists themselves.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01515b.htm

>>18818581
This is not a gargoyle, this is a chimera. An ornamental statue. Gargoyles were introduced for the very specific purpose of evacuating rainwater so the buttress stone wouldn't soak up and eventually collapse.

>>18818530
http://www.blackdrago.com/fame/gargouille.htm

Bunch of stoners.

So you want to be gargpilled?
Quick rundown:

-Rothschilds bow to Gargoyles
-In contact with aliens
-Possess psychic-like abilities
-Control france with an stone like but fair fist
-Squat on castles & banks globally
-Direct descendants of the ancient royal blood line
-Will squat in the first cities on Mars (Gargograd will be be the first city)
-On top of 99% of DNA editing research facilities on Earth
-First designer babies will in all likelihood be Gargoyle babies (we fuck it up a bit on the first go)
-All said to have 215+ IQ, such intelligence on Earth has only existed in The Thinker and similar thoughtful statues
-Ancient Indian scriptures tell of two angels who will descend upon Earth and will bring an era of enlightenment and unprecedented ominous frowning
-They squat on Nanobot R&D labs around the world
-You likely Look like a gargoyle right now
-The Gargoyles are in regular communication with the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, forwarding the word of God to the Orthodox Church. Who do you think set up the meeting between the pope & the Orthodox high command (First meeting between the two organisations in over 1000 years) and arranged the Orthodox leader’s first trip to Antarctica in history literally a few days later?
-They learned fluent French in under a week
-Nation states entrust their gold reserves with the gargoyles. There’s no gold in Ft. Knox, only Ft. gargoyle
-Some are centuries old, from the space-time reference point of the base human currently accepted by our society
-In reality, they are timeless beings existing in all points of time and space from the big bang to the end of the universe. We don’t know their ultimate plans yet. We hope they’re benevolent beings.

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>>18819772
Underrated post

>>18818586
I know your trolling but how can an inanimateobjectbe gay 3/10 made me reply

>>18819829
>-Control france with an stone like but fair fist

Kek'd

>Ay Pietro, nice church, but dont you think those buttresses look kinda boring?
<Well shit, Giovanni, youre right, maybe I should put some angels on the tip so water falls down their hands and-
>But Pietro, thats heresy. They would likely kill you.
<What about some weird looking demons, bizarre figures are already a major motive on the rest of the churches.
>Yeah that sounds nice
Thus gargoyles.

Theres a frog carved on the front of a university in spain that apparently gives you luck on your exams if you manage to spot it.
Gargoyles are just fancy chimeras. And chimeras are just fancy water buttresses.
The greeks put lion heads on the Temple of Zeus for exactly the same shit, and pretty much all other major buildings adorned their buttresses.
Superstition over 14th century glorified water holes is one of the dumbest threads ive seen on /x/

>>18819829
the gargpill is the hardest pill to swallow

>>18820414
That particular one it's really gay.

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>>18819829

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>>18819772

>>18820539
Only few people are able to even digest it.

>>18820466
Holy shit, you're telling me Ayy is responsible for gargoyles??

>>18818552
favorite movie

>>18819829
So much more difficult than the bogpill was!

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>>18818530
Gargoyles defend. Gargoyles protect.

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>>18822749
Fools! We protect our own from the humans who would destroy us!

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>>18822754
Humans do not have to be the enemy!

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>>18822765
Keep telling yourself that...when the slay your females and crush your eggs!

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Our caves invaded, our nests burned!

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I was handling this, Shelly!

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C'mon, everybody, can't we all just chill and have some nice sausage?

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Or some cheese? Bread? Wine?

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I did skip dinner...

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French wine...?

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It's the Frenchiest, bubbie.

>>18818530
Evil to cast out evil

It's sort of like the enemy of my enemy is my friend

>>18818530
It was a case of scary looking thing startles off other scary looking things, like how the romans would use gorgon heads as protective murals/decorations or phallus figurines/medallions

>>18820544
Sounds like you've never had an icicle form out of rainwater flowing out your anus, its incredibly masculine, non-erotic and normal, noting the least bit gay.

>>18818530
Leviticus 26:1
[ Promise of Blessing and Retribution ] ‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.

Don't trust in carved images. Trust in God.

>>18824401
What if cant trust in god, dude can be capricious at times can he not?

>>18824514
ca·pri·cious
/kəˈpriSHəs/
adjective
1.
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

God is completely justified and unwavering in his Love for us all.

>>18824546
So ordering your follower to sacrifice his son and change his mind at the last moment is a completely sane, normal thing? Don't think so, think a moment, if you heard that story from anyone else, hell if it happened just down the road from you, you'd think it was insane but because its god and some ancient book you think its normal.

>>18824566
I know God. I know God is Peace. I know God is Love. I know God is righteous.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

>>18824579
How can you trust God if he wont let you into his confidence, trust is mutual, not one person withholding everything from you and expecting everything back in return.

>>18824579
If God is Peace, Then How are there WARs? Checkmate Theists!

>>18824586
A relationship with God is beneficial for both God and the worshipper. Maybe you would know this if you believed in him.

>>18824603
Sorry I don't guess you and I will have to agree to disagree, I don't think either of us will be learning anything from this discussion

>>18824594
God's plan is in motion. No one on Earth knows God's Plan. We must have faith in God.

John 8:23 And he said to them, " You are beneath; I am from above. You are of this World; I am not of this World.

>>18824622
If Gods not around formhere soundslike an immigrant, should stay behind his wall

>>18824622
By God saying "I am not of this World" that means that his divine wisdom surpasses all humanly understanding.

We may not know it all, but God will Show you things if you have faith in him.

>>18824631
sounds arrogant like a uni professor I once knew

>>18818530
Gargoyles are just pieces of architechure nothing more

>>18818530
Gargoyles repel or reflect evil, notice all the bad, evil things in theworldright now, notice how churchs don't have gargoyles nomore, concidence? I thinknot

>>18824686
They aren't reflecting the evil from this thread, only good posts

>>18819584
>chimera
You may be thinking of a grotesque, which is like a gargoyle but entirely decorative, without water running through. Chimera is a mythical creature nothing to do with architecture.

>>18819772
Stap

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>>18819772
>>18819829

>>18818586
lol why would they even make it like that

>>18822854
>>18822830
>>18822826
anything disney tries to make look cute not evil, is usually evil.

>>18824631
>>18824629
you are missing the point. its all about faith. if you don't want to believe than don't.

>>18824631
I think it was Jesus who said that, mate.
>inb4 Jesus was God incarnate

Yeah yeah, Ok