Gargoyles
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Sure, we talk about mythology all the time, but what if we talked about mythology AND architecture AND science? So we’re diving deep on gargoyles to find out how they went from architectural necessities to living creatures in folklore!
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of age-inappropriate crushes, religious influence, murder, fire/burning, sexual assault, and incarceration.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. I'm Amanda. And I'm Julia. And this is episode 174, Gargoyles. Yeah, I'm actually really excited to kind of dig into this one. It has been a minute since I think we've covered something a little bit more recent. So I think this is a perfect kind of light episode in these |
| 0:22.8 | somewhat trying times. I've got to tell you, I did not expect so much architecture in this episode, |
| 0:28.0 | though I really should have. And it was an absolute pleasure. I'm glad. I'm glad. I think everyone's |
| 0:32.4 | going to be a little bit surprised about just, you know, how sweet gargoyles are, despite the usual portrayals in media. |
| 0:40.8 | Do you know who's also really sweet? It's our newest patrons. Andy, stressed but well-dressed, |
| 0:45.3 | amen. Chrissy, Brody, Jen, and Adelor. Yeah, you guys are wonderful. I've noticed that we've |
| 0:50.9 | getting a lot of new patrons. We really appreciate you and a lot of people who are upping their pledges. |
| 0:55.3 | And you all are wonderful humans. We appreciate your support now more than ever. |
| 0:59.9 | Absolutely. It makes us a lot less stressed to know that you have our backs. And we know it is not an easy thing. |
| 1:07.5 | And we so, so appreciate anybody who is able to support us on Patreon. |
| 1:11.4 | These new patrons join the ranks of our distinguished supporting producer-level patrons, |
| 1:15.0 | Philip Landon, Nikki, Tyree, Megan Debra, Molly Skyla, Samantha, S. Shaw, Neil, Jessica, and |
| 1:20.5 | Phil Fresh, and our legend-level patrons, Melena, Kylo the Husky, Frances Clara, Lacey, Brittany, Josie, Kylie, Morgan, B-M-Me-Up, Scotty, Audra, Necrowfancy, |
| 1:30.1 | Mark, Mr. Fulke, Sarah, and Jack Marie. |
| 1:32.0 | I always like the little giggle you have when you read Necrofancy. |
| 1:35.1 | It really, really makes me smile. |
| 1:36.9 | Julia, as did the drink that you made for this episode, can you please tell us a little bit |
| 1:40.4 | about it. I know we described it after the refill, but just give folks a little preview. |
| 1:49.9 | Yeah, so it is a green gargoyle. I think you're going to be very pleased if, like, me, you haven't been really having, like, a lot of, like, fresh tasting drinks or food. So I think it is |
| 1:55.9 | the perfect, like, refresher drink to kind of, you know, liven up your spirits a little bit. Get it? Spirits. |
| 2:02.7 | Oh, I get it. And it was green. Yeah, it was green. I was also really delighted this week |
| 2:07.5 | to read something that I'll love to share with you and all the conspirators out there. One of my |
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