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Zeira speaks to the man, but he does not answer, whereupon Zeira says, "You were created by the sages; return to your dust". [ a ] [ 8 ] During the Middle Ages , passages from the Sefer Yetzirah ( Book of Formation ) were studied as a means to create and animate a golem, although little in the writings of Jewish mysticism supports this belief.
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file. Short title The Jewish encyclopedia : a descriptive record of the history, religion, literature, and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day
Jewish folklore are legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of Judaism. Folktales are characterized by the presence of unusual personages, by the sudden transformation of men into beasts and vice versa, or by other unnatural incidents.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Legendary creatures from Judaism, specifically from Jewish mythology. Subcategories ... Pages in category "Jewish legendary ...
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This work was later included into Thompson's six-volume Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, [4] "greatly raising the status of Jewish folklore in the field". [3] Noy was the first folklorist who applied the Aarne-Thompson classification to Jewish folklore. [5] Thompson called Noy "one of the most brilliant disciples I have ever had". [6]
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