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Weekly drill 085 - Gargoyle
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Weekly drill 085 - Gargoyle

by sandro on 25 Sep 2022

Visualization of the dragon within the original myth of the Gargoyle.

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For this weekly drill of "gargoyle" I wanted to take a more myth based approach, in the original myth of how gargoyles were created,  St. Romanus the former chancellor of the Merovingian king Clotaire II who was made bishop of Rouen, relates how he delivered the country around Rouen from a monster called Gargouille or Goji. La Gargouille is said to have been the typical dragon with bat-like wings, a long neck, and the ability to breathe fire from its mouth. the story that is given is that St. Romanus subdued the creature with a crucifix, then leads the monster back to Rouen . The head was then mounted on the walls of the newly built church to scare off evil spirits, and used for protection. I felt like it would be an interesting interpretation of the brief to have the dragon (head and all attached) chained to one of the church elements, subdued and displayed as a symbol of the power of of the church.

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