"Gargoygoyles"

Why are there so many "Gargoyles" on "Ancient Architecture"?
What are they symbolic of?

I notice a lot on pictures of buildings in "New York?

Hi Neptune, I seem to remember hearing or reading that they were placed on buildings to frighten away bad things/energies (I can't remember exactly), you often see them on old churches and other buildings, I'm sure going off what I heard/read that they are there for protection.

I really like gargoyles and have a few small ornamental ones in my house they're cute

Oh and if I remember correctly they were placed high up so they could see stuff coming from a distance, but please don't quote me on that.

Hello Neptune.
A gargoyle was believed to protect a building from negative energy,
so they would put them over buildings.
They were supposed to scare the evil away from it's scary looks.

gargoyles were never real, it was a term used for statues that functioned as water spouts the very word comes from the French gargouille, originally "throat" or "gullet" which comes from the Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow" which represented the gurgling sound of water. the statues most people refer to as gargoyles (that don't function as part of guttering) were originally referred to as chimeras after the mythical chimera or grotesque after there
appearance but later fell under the umbrella term gargoyle. I don't know what you saw but anything you've heard about gargoyles is likely made up (probably in the 1900's when gargoyles started appearing in some horror stories

see wikipedia for more info

Oops i meant that they were only statues.

Hello,

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Hello "zach"
I think you are talking about land and water based "Gargoyles"...

I also agree that "Gargoyles" we see on the beautiful pieces of High Rise Architecture" are "Physical Symbols of Protection against Negative Energies"...having read the "Posts" on this "Thread"...but...I would be keen to know about "Chimeras"...

Peace and Much Love...
neptune13...

I found that gargoyles are now used in New Age, magical, and spiritual altar

neptune13 wrote:Hello,

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Hello "zach"
...I would be keen to know about "Chimeras"...

Peace and Much Love...
neptune13...

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Hello "zach"

Is "The Golden Fleece" part of the "Greek Mythology"? too...
Did the mythological "Jason and the Argonauts" fight these "Chimera"?...

Looking forward to answers

neptune13...

Yes the golden fleece is a part of greek mythology. Jason fight these Chimera.. also the harpies and other mythological monsters

Hello again "zach"

What was "Jasons" relationship to "Bellerophon"?...
I have heard of "Jason" in movies I saw as a child but I haven't heard of "Bellerophon"...

Our world has a wealth of "Mystical Experiences" to share and my curiosity has no "Bounds"...

Does "Greek Mythology" bring them together?...

neptune13...

The relationship of Bellerophon and Jason is very distant

They are both descendants of Prometheus

Salmoneus (where Bellerophon came form) is the son of Aeolus that is son of Hellen which is daughter of Pyrrha and Deucalion is a brother of Sisyphus where Jason came from...

So meaning to say Bellerophon was uncle of Jason since Bellerophon and Aeson where second cousins and Aeson is the father of Jason...

Lol...this thing make me crazy...lol

I found that gargoyles are now used in New Age, magical, and spiritual altar

Used for what, protection? Does anyone know any more about this please, I have one on my desk he is cute