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They became popular in a time when people were illiterate and the Church wanted to scare people into worship, but also incorporated some pagan elements.MacBook Pro 13.3" Retina, MacBook Air 13" Retina, MacBook Air 13.3"(2020, M1): 2560x1600 Dual monitor: So slapping them on churches was useful in other ways beyond functional and aesthetic. While classic gargoyles are a product of the middle ages, the practice of decorating drain spouts with animals, and creatures like gargoyles goes way back, even to Ancient Egypt and other pagan/non-christian places. The relation of gargoyles to paganism is quite fitting. The story of Romanus and La Gargouille is explicitly about the conversion of pagans, so it fits this pattern. Patrick driving the snakes from Ireland who were really pagans, or in more ancient stories of mythic serpents like Zeus and Typhon. Sidenote: there are lots of stories throughout history of men or heroes fighting dragons and serpents, and it’s almost always a symbolic tale of a new religion, usually male-centered, overcoming a local one, either pagan or more goddess/female-centered.
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