Still gargoyle has become the all encompassing term used to define the creatures carved on architecture and guarding the gardens of those who love the hideous creatures. Many gargoyles and grotesques are anthropomorphic, zoomorphic, and very monsterous. The other creatures that adorn a building but do not serve as a water spout are known as grotesques.
These were the early rain gutters and served to direct water away from buildings. The name Gargoyle comes from the Old French "gargouille" and the Late Latin "gurgulio", both meaning throat. While all such creatures are termed gargoyles a true gargoyle is one that serves as a water spout. Serving as spiritual guardians these stone monsters watch over the city by night and observe all that pass below them. Gargoyles are usually lumped into one category as the strange and horrific carvings and statuary on buildings.
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