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TIL that gargoyles were meant to scare church-goers, lure pagans, divert water in order to preserve stone walls, and date back to ancient Egypt.
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Getting an awesome cartoon out of the deal was just an unintended plus.
Who wanted to scare church-goers and attract pagans though?
Medieval Pagan: That building has scary monsters on its facade. I think I’ll go inside, the people in there can’t possibly be mean to me if they put gargoyles on their buildings.
They were meant to date back to ancient Egypt?
Sounds like my exes. Full of it and can’t figure out their main purpose.