Does Quasimodo resemble a gargoyle or a Cyclops?

The description that Hugo provides can very well be seen as Proteus, but nobody knows for sure. I have been hearing that a hunchbacked English stonemason working at Notre-Dame at the time in which Hugo was writing the book could have been the inspiration for Quasimodo, though. read more

in my opinion, he is a mix of both creatures, and it depends on what picture you use as an example to compare the two. The reason why I think Quasimodo is a mix of the two is because he has a face similar to a cyclops, and a body similar to a gargoyle. read more