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The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore, though changed from "a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk". [ 64 ] [ 65 ] The flesh golem is related to Frankenstein's monster as Universal 's 1931 film , seen in e.g. being empowered by electricity, [ 66 ] though again with the difference of being essentially an unthinking ...
Golem (2 C, 17 P) L. Leviathan (14 P) Pages in category "Jewish legendary creatures" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Golem – animated humanoid construct; Homunculus – diminutive, animated construct; Nephele (Greek) – nymph formed from a cloud by Zeus to resemble the goddess Hera; Shabti (Egyptian) – clay model used as workers; Tokeloshe (Zulu mythology) – diminutive, hairy humanoid with various magical powers
The Qur'an (Qur'an 23:12), [17] states, "Man We did create from a quintessence of clay" [A. Yusuf Ali translation]. In Jewish folklore, a golem (Hebrew: גולם) is an animated anthropomorphic being that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. [18]
In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (/ ˈ d ɪ b ə k /; Yiddish: דיבוק, from the Hebrew verb דָּבַק dāḇaq meaning 'adhere' or 'cling') is a malicious possessing spirit believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. [1] It supposedly leaves the host body once it has accomplished its goal, sometimes after being exorcised. [2 ...
The clay golem is based on the golem of Medieval Jewish folklore, though changed from "a cherished defender to an unthinking hulk" [50] [33] while the flesh golem is related to Frankenstein's monster as Universal's 1931 film, seen in e.g. being empowered by electricity, [1] as well as Gothic fiction more generally; a typical denizen of the ...
Shem HaMephorash figures in the legend of the golem, an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that was created entirely from inanimate matter (usually clay). The earthen figure was then animated by placing a piece of parchment with the name of God in its mouth. [51]
The Museum of the Yiddish Theatre writes that The Golem was "an overwhelming success everywhere." [3]According to the 1963 Lexicon of Yiddish Literature, "People read and re-read [The Golem], debated and wrote about the problems of the book: World liberation and Jewish redemption, the role of matter and the role of the spirit in the process of redemption, the Jewish Messiah and the Christian ...