hypatia

I was in my Marshall's and they had life sized gargoyles and I found myself smiling and remembering the real ones....I almost got one but didn't have an appropriate place to put one..It always happens that I find the best souvenirs when I get home like a decorative blue bottle of wine at the supermarket from Rothenburg ,DEU...Its a small world

crefloors

I have two gargoyles in my yard. Love them.

ira

Hi H,

Were they actual gargoyles or merely chimeras?

Fodorite018

I have a gargoyle in my garden as well. I love them! My family just laughs

hypatia

Ira,I thought chimeras were those Mexican fireplaces haha

AnthonyGA

What most people call gargoyles are actually chimeras, fantastic creatures that adorn places like Notre-Dame Cathedral. Gargoyles are stylized waterspouts, also present on these same cathedrals, but replicas thereof are rarely sold in shops, since the chimeras are much more interesting.