A scene cut from the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone depicted a Gargoyle Strike of 1911.

One of the sayings of wizards is 'Galloping gargoyles'.

In the the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the Gargoyle statue that stood in the second floor entrance to the Headmaster's office was moved to the Entrance Courtyard.

In the PC video game adaption of Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, they are used as targets to cast Lumos and when done so, they will make a small movement.

In Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from the root gar, meaning 'to swallow', which represented the gurgling sound of water.īehind the scenes File:Gargoyle statue 1995.jpgĪ gargoyle statue in Hogwarts' Middle Courtyard. Known Gargoyles Sentient Hogwarts Gargoyles File:Gargoyle statue Chamber of secret (film) pic2.jpgĪ gargoyle statue outside the Headmaster's office in HogwartsĪ number of Hogwarts gargoyles have the ability to talk and posess personality, such as:įrom the French gargouille, meaning 'throat' or 'gullet'.

It should be noted that, whilst some gargoyles, like the Lonely Male Gargoyle, do seem to have some degree of sentience, this is not known to be an innate ability and any noted animation is likely due to magic, such as a charm. It is unknown if the latter ability is preserved with gargoyles in the wizarding world. Architecturally, two distinctions are made between gargoyles: functional ones, whose purpose is to direct water away from the sides of a building through their spouts and aesthetic garoyles, whose appearance is said by the superstitious to add to their ability to ward off evil.

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