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A '''[[gargoyle]]''' is a grotesque statue. However, the term can also refer to:

...[[Dungeons & Dragons]] fantasy role-playing game, the '''gargoyle''' is a grotesque winged [[Monstrous humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons)|monstrous humanoid]] creat

...very seldom seen, but it is sometimes described as a short-statured man of grotesque appearance with a large balding head, crooked teeth, thin moustache, large

...baby and will bring it home. Once inside, it will change into its original grotesque shape and attack the inhabitants while they sleep. Aside from slashing vict

...er it and uses its tongue to lick the bathroom surfaces clean. Despite its grotesque appearance, an akaname is harmless

...aid to have leathery Bat-like wings, blood-red skin, the looks of a human, grotesque anomaly sprouting from each shoulder, a long thin tail, and be about 1.5m (

These grotesque birds tend to prey on ships carrying livestock. The Boobrie’s hunting str

*The '''Thaye Tase''' are grotesque looking giants manifesting themselves most frequently during the epidemics

...of stature, ugly and both shy and mischievous in nature. Their traditional grotesque and outlandish appearance is confirmed by some of the names ascribed to the

The caleuche is a grotesque and watery adaptation of the medieval wild hunt, probably brought by the Sp

'''Dokkaebi''' is a grotesque-looking sprite or goblin in Korean folklore or fairy tales

Gargoyles are mostly grotesque figures. Statues representing gargoyle-like creatures are popular sales ite ...having had the creature captured by a liberated prisoner. The gargoyle's grotesque form was said to scare off evil spirits so they were used for protection. I

:Grotesque and enormous stature

...lady, part fairy part witch, passes the entire year in the company of her grotesque assistants; (the Befanucci) preparing coal, making sweets and toys and darn

...or a skate which has been modified and subsequently dried, resulting in a grotesque preserved specimen. Jenny Hanivers were created to look like devils, angels

...vicinity waving a lantern fashioned from an empty calabash cut to imitate grotesque features, and lighted by a candle set in a socket. The tradition, however,

...a's right head to send a gravity beam scorching into its left, leaving the grotesque dragon mangled and maimed. The limp body of the once tyrannical titan was h

...pearing human, or in the form of a variety of animals and as beings with a grotesque mix of human and animal characteristics. They could act like human beings,

*[[G.E. Graven]]'s, ''[[Grotesque, A Gothic Epic]]'' is yet another example of the incorporation of the Grigo

...ut extremely good-natured, and warm friends of the miner. Their dress is a grotesque imitation of the miner's garb, and they carry tiny hammers, picks and lamps

...originally ordinary human beings, transformed into something horrific and grotesque usually by some sort of extreme emotional state. Women suffering from inte

...reek mythology, '''Scylla''', or '''Skylla''' (Greek Σκύλλα) is a horribly grotesque female sea monster.

*'''Broodfiend''' - almost headless, grotesque mix of worm, lizard, bat, and ape, created by avolakias to serve Kyuss (Dun ...willingly. Those cambions that actually survive birth typically look like grotesque, hellish variants of their mortal progenitors, having wings, claws, fangs a

...Rael feels compelled to taste their flesh. This act transforms him into a grotesque creature, a Slipperman. How much of this imagery, beyond the Lamia's half-w

* [[Grotesque]]

...n sliced the corpse open and consumed several internal organs and made his grotesque "smoothies" out of others, finally disposing of the corpse at a nearby chur

...e Subspecies series of films has visual cues from Nosferatu, including the grotesque white face, and over-long fingers and nails.

...nfaithful to the spirit of the thing. A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings... It represented a monster of vaguel

...f warding off evil. In this regard gorgoneia are similar to the sometimes grotesque faces on Chinese soldiers’ shields, also used generally as an amulet, a p

...ed her into a deceitful weasel, making her live in crannies and gave her a grotesque way of mating. She is mounted through the ears and gives birth by bringing

...tures, usually monkeys and fish, stitched together for the appearance of a grotesque mermaid. In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, pictures of Fiji mermaids were pa

*Rudy the Clown, a grotesque-looking clown is the main enemy in the Game Boy Color game Wario Land 3

...and the Huntress (1981) to show Orion as the type specimen of a variety of grotesque hero. Fontenrose views him as similar to Cúchulainn, that is, stronger, la

...nt of Hades (the god who ruled that gloomy realm). He was represented as a grotesque dog who had three heads, all of which snarled at those foolish enough to at

...ness and old age, that he perishes in the end."[6] Chapter 4.3 recalls the grotesque legend of Tahmurasp (Avestan: Taxma Urupi) riding Angra Mainyu for thirty y

...s a recumbent lion. Such Sphinxes were revived when the ''grottesche'' or "grotesque" decorations of the unearthed "'''''Golden House'''''" ('''''Domus Aurea''

Chaugnar Faugn (or Chaugnar Faughn) appears as a horribly grotesque idol, made of an unknown element, combining the worst aspects of octopus, e

...n ''[[Diablo II]]'', which features Hell as a bleak landscape populated by grotesque monsters and souls in active torment.

...ead. As such, they are not malevolent being in themselves, though they are grotesque and are supposed to inspire fear in those dead souls who meet them.

...of the Gnome. They can appear as animals. They have a somewhat bestial or grotesque appearance: their brow is fully covered with thick hair and their mouth is

...for it. It has been suggested that this connection stemmed from a certain grotesque eating habit of Vlad's. Rumour has it he would consume bread dipped in his