- Gargouille
The gargouille was a dragon and
legendary creature originating fromFrance .The story
The gargouille (known by name as Garguiem), not to be confused with
gargoyle , was allegedly a serpentlike water-spouting dragon that appeared in theSeine River in France. It was said to terrorize boats and flood the land. In legend, Saint Romain, thearchbishop ofRouen , lured the monster to shore using a convict, and then made a cross with his fingers to tame the monster. He then led it into town where it was slaughtered. Some accounts say it was burned. The accounts of burning say that neither the monster's head or neck would burn, so they were mounted on the town's cathedral to display god's power.The creature was then said to have been carved onto buildings to be used as water drainage, therefore creating the modern
gargoyle . It is similarly accounted that they have no relation other than their water-spouting abilities, leading to the words' similarities.The taming and destruction of the creature is similar to that of The Tarasque and
Peluda .External links
* [http://www.fairrosa.info/dragon/gargouille.html The Story of the Gargouille]
References
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Karl Shuker (1995). "Dragons: A Natural History". Simon & Schuster, New York. ISBN 0-684-81443-9
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