gargoyle - "grotesque carved waterspout," late 13c., from M.Fr. gargouiller "to gurgle, bubble" (14c.), from O.Fr. gargole "throat, waterspout," perhaps from garg-, imitative of throat sounds, + *goule, dialect word for "mouth," from L. gula "throat." Related: Gargled; gargling. The earlier, native, form of the word was M.E. gargarize (early 15c.)
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Rzygacze, gargulce i maszkary umieszczano zwykle na zewnętrznych łukach i dachach świątyń: ostrzegały przed złem, ale jednocześnie chroniły przed nim, gdyż – jak wierzono – demony muszą uciec gdy zobaczą własny obraz.
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"What are these fantastic monsters doing in the cloisters under the very eyes of the brothers as they read? What is the meaning of these unclean monkeys, strange savage lions and monsters? To what purpose are here placed these creatures, half beast, half man? I see several bodies with one head and several heads with one body. Here is a quadriped with a serpent's head, there a fish with a quadruped's head, then again an animal half horse, half goat ... Surely if we do not blush for such absurdities we should at least regret what we have spent on them."
- sv.Bernard z Clairvaux sa pohorsuje nad architektonickymi novotami

"Destroy the idol. Purify the temples with holy water. Set relics there, and let them become temples of the true God. So the people will have no need to change their place of concourse, and, where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the saint to where the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice but for social meal in honor of Him whom they now worship."
- rada papeza Gregora I. ako pokrestancit keltsky chram