Gargoyles: Episode 002

History

Oct 12

Welcome back, Dear Guests, to The Midnight Library where to lull you into a sense of trust, we thought you might like to meet some Gargoyles. How did these ancient stone creatures come to be perched above our heads and follow us into modern times? Hear the illustrious story of their fiery birth, surprising talents, and ambivalent nature. (If you’re new to The Midnight Library, we suggest you keep your wits about you)

Gargoyle guarding the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Photograph by Forrest Burgess. CC Forrest Burgess 2019.

GargoyleUploaded by Author Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Gargoyle at the Cathedrale, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2014) by Dietmar Rabich. Creative Commons License “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International”

Exterior view and gargoyle of the Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. Human-like reading creature as gargoyle by Asurnipal. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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Exterior view and gargoyle of the Freiburg Minster, Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany. Men and mythical creature as a gargoyle by Asurnipal. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Gargoyle, taken by Pavel Korol. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Carcassonne 2014, osé Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gargoyles and Saints of Siena Cathedral facade, built 11-13. century, Italy by Petar Milošević. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Gargoyle at the Cathedrale, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2014) by Dietmar Rabich. Creative Commons License “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

If you are looking to find some gargoyles of your very own, there are several places to find them either from your local stonemason…or, perhaps a bit more easily, online sellers such as Etsy.

Please note that the above link to Etsy does indicate an endorsement from The Midnight Library Staff, is not sponsored by Etsy, and that all those who chose to visit the link due so of their own volition.