Ngubani ongu-gargoyle ngumntu oyiidemoni owenza umntu onamandla aphikisana nobukhosi bukaThixo. Ukhonza iingelosi ngenxa yokugcina indawo ehlelekile. Ukuguqulelwa ukusuka kwisiLatini-gargoyle-ukuchithwa kwegama elithi "pharynx" kunye ne "whirlpool". Ngokomnye uguqulelo, ukukhala kwabo kwakunjengokugqithisa, kwelinye - babesisimboli esifanayo sobomi obungapheliyo, njengamanzi.
Gargoyle - ngubani lo?
I-Gargoyles ifumaneka kwiingcamango ezahlukeneyo, ziyaziwa kakuhle, zibulela kwiimbali zaseGrisi lasendulo. AmaGrike azenzele ukuhlengahlengiswa kobubi okanye ukuthanda okuhle koothixo, okucacisa iinjongo zabantu. Kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi malunga nemvelaphi, igalagoyle yile:
- Unkulunkulu ophantsi kunedemon.
- Ukuzaliswa komhlaba.
- Guardian of Darkness, osebenzela amandla oKhanya.
Iingcamango zabantu ezahlukeneyo ziye zagcina iimpawu eziliqela zezidalwa:
- inzondo yonke into ephilayo, kokubili kubantu kunye nemimoya emibi;
- maxa wambi bangena ekusebenzisaneni nezinye izidalwa ngenxa yenzuzo;
- Iintetho zeStinel ezingenakonakaliswa kwaye ezinzima.
Ubonakala njani igalagoyle?
I-Gargoyle-isilwanyana semfihlelo, isici sayo esahlukileyo kukuba sikwazi ukujika ilitye size siphakame kuyo, kodwa ngaba yintando kuphela, kungekhona ngomnye umntu. Zibonakaliswa i-humanoid, eneembonakalo ezibonakalayo:
- maphiko e zikhumba;
- amacwecwe abukhali;
- ingonyama ingcuka okanye ingcuka, ngamanye amaxesha - ukutshatyalaliswa kwemvelo ngobuso bomntu.
Xa i-gargoyle ithola isilonda, ivuselela, ibe yitye. Ulusu lwakhe lubukeka njengomntu, lunemibala ebomvu. Ngokuhamba kwexesha, i-gargoyles yaqala ukubonakaliswa njengendlela yokwenziwa kwezilwanyana ezahlukeneyo. Kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi zokuba kutheni izi zidalwa zedemon zigqiba ukufaka phezu kophahla lweetempile:
- Kufuneka uthathe ububi emakhaya, njengeGaldians enamandla.
- Ukukhumbuza ikusasa laboni.
- Kwakukho umahluko phakathi kobuhle bekatile ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kunye nobubi obungaphandle.
I-gargoyle iyakhala njani?
Ukumemeza kwegargoyle ngoku kuthathwa njengengqungquthela, abalobi beemidlalo benza konke okusemandleni abo ukuyidala. Kuyaziwa nje ukuba izidalwa zakhala ngeendlela zokulwa neentshaba, nokuba ngaba ngabahlaseli okanye imimoya emibi. Oko kubonakala ngathi, iimbali azilondolozi. Amalungu ecawa agqiba ukuba inqanawa yegargoyle yayimemeza xa umntu ohlala kwisixeko esenza isono. Ngokuhluke kakhulu kwezinye izityekiso zeso sithombe kwi-cathedral yaseSt. Vitus ePrague, ezi zi-dragons, kodwa abantu abanobubi, abaqhenkcezayo. Abaphandi bacacisa isigqibo sabakhi bezakhiwo njengomnqweno wokukhumbuza abantu ngezono neziqalekiso ezinokuthi zivalelwe ngamatye.
Uthini umahluko phakathi kwegargoyle kunye ne-chimera?
Ngokuqhelekileyo abantu bakholelwa ukuba i-gargoyles kunye ne- chimeras ziyafana, umehluko phakathi kwazo sihambelana, kodwa kusekho. Ama-gothic chimeras ayaziwa, ngenxa yemifanekiso e-Cathedral yaseTeam Dame, ezi zizidalwa:
- nomfanekiso wokuzingela kunye neengxowa zekhozi;
- a maphiko a batsha;
- iintloko zeebhokhwe okanye iinyoka.
AmaGrike anike amandla ngamandla e-chimeras ukuya kwiintsholongwane zaselwandle, abaqulunqi bama-Middle Ages bahambisa ezi zidalwa njengobuntu bemiphefumlo ewileyo abangenako ukungena ethempelini. Kwi-Gothic gargoyles kunye ne-chimera phantse akukho mmahluko, umlinganiselo kuphela kukuba okokuqala kwakungekho kuphela into yokuzihombisa, kodwa iyancipha. Ngomlenze wezidalwa zedemoni, amanzi agxothwa ngaphandle kweendonga kwaye akazange ahlambe isiseko sezakhiwo. Kwaye kuphela nge-19 leminyaka bathatyathwa yi-downspouts, kwaye i-gargoyles yahlala yinto yokuhlobisa i-facade.
Gargoyle in mythology
I-gargoyle isidalwa esingavamile, imifanekiso yaso yatshintshiwe kunye nexesha, nangona kwasekuqaleni kwimbali yemvelaphi iboniswa njengenamba. Kukho inkolelo yokuba ngo-600 AD. kufuphi neSeine baphila ijoka uLargul, ongasiphathi nje ngomlilo, kodwa ephethe imilambo yamanzi, ekhukula izikhukhula. Abemi beenxa zonke bahlambulule ngamapolisa abantu, banyula izigebengu kule nto.
Kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, uRomus wafika eRouen waza wavuma ukutshabalalisa inamba enokutshintshana abantu bemkela ukholo lobuKristu kunye nokwakha icawa kwidolophana. Iqhawe liphumelele, umzimba we-monster wazama ukutshisa, kodwa ilangabi alikwazanga ukutshabalalisa intloko. Emva koko abahlali basithi bafakele ezi zinto zihleli phezu kophahla lwethempeli elakhiweyo ngokudumisa i-feat Romanus. Ukususela ngoko, isiko sibonakala sihombise izakhiwo kunye nezifanekiso ze-gargoyles.