You can read this in another article I wrote: A Saint, a Convict, and a Gargoyle go into a Swamp… Grotesquesīasically, any sculpture which is an exaggerated form of a person or creature, and does not carry water, would be a grotesque. There’s a lovely French legend about the origins of gargoyles – which involves a dragon, of course. So, they are usually some kind of elongated figure which extends from the building and has an opening for the water to escape (usually the creature’s mouth). They are basically a form of guttering and are designed to keep water away from the building. Image source Right: This gargoyle, in the form of a man holding a cup, looks to be in agony. Left: a hybrid bird, animal, human gargoyle.

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