There are plenty of gargoyle-like statues that do not involve drainage systems.
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It's Mignatti who turned the movie's only major female character into a gargoyle.
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The gargoyle designs are varying, but they are usually located on a roof or tower.
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Every time you look up, there's a medieval tower or strange-looking gargoyle.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Its famous Darth Vader gargoyle escaped unscathed, as did most other local structures.
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Anduiza performs as a gargoyle, one of the townspeople and a nun during the production.
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Cologne is home to Germany's largest cathedral, the Gothic, gargoyle-decorated Kolner Dom.
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A variety of tours is available, including audio, garden, gargoyle and self-guided tours.
From the washingtontimes.com
Rice seems to have grown a gargoyle-like witness from her shoulder.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
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A spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
Gargoyle is a name shared by two fictional characters appearing in the Marvel Comics universe.
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a gargoyle is a grotesque winged monstrous humanoid creature, with a horned head and a stony hide.
Gargoyle Magazine is a literary journal based in Washington, D.C. and founded in 1976 by Russell Cox, Richard Peabody, and Paul Pasquarella. By 1977, Peabody was the only original editor left. Peabody continued running the journal until 1990 with several different co-editors. ...
Gargoyle is an adventure module for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The module has the code WG9 and was published by TSR, Inc. in 1989 for the second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.
The Gargoyles are a fictional bloodline of vampires from White Wolf Game Studio's '''' books and role-playing games.
The Gargoyle is the student newspaper of University College at the University of Toronto. It was named after the gargoyle statue in the college building. Students rub this for good luck before tests.
A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters; Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building; A fictional winged creature; An ugly woman
(Gargoyles) Designed to throw rainwater well away from the building of the church. In ancient churches they took on a secondary function that of guarding the church against evil and the devil. ...