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Gargoyles were created with the purpose of frightening worshippers in churches, attracting pagans, diverting water away from stone walls to protect them, and have been around since ancient Egypt.

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Gargoyles were created with the purpose of frightening worshippers in churches, attracting pagans, diverting water away from stone walls to protect them, and have been around since ancient Egypt.

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