What shall those stone figures represent?

- Demons and Ghosts -
- Signs of the zodiac -
or just
- fortuitous result of weather factors -
???

Figure on the temple enclosure of the Ggantija Temple	Ggantija Temple enclosure
Mnajdra Temple enclosure	Ggantija Temple enclosure
Threatening stone figures on the front side of the Hagar Qim Temple

The great number of figures which quite obviously look like demons, and the fact that similar figures are found on different temple enclosures allows the conjecture that it cannot be fortuitous but intention of the builders of these impressive monuments!