Golem (disambiguation)
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A golem, in medieval folklore and Jewish mythology, is an animated being crafted from inanimate material.
In addition, the name Golem has been used for:
- Golem (ILP), an inductive logic programming system.
- Golem (band), a Death Metal band.
- Golem (klezmer band), a New York-based, self-styled "Eastern European folk-punk band" in the klezmer genre.
The Golem or Golem appears in the title of the following works:
- The Golem of Prague, the original Jewish tale of the golem created by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel.
- The Golem (Meyrink), a 1915 novel by Gustav Meyrink.
- The Golem (Leivick), a 1921 dramatic poem by H. Leivick.
- The Golem (film), a 1915 film directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen.
- The Golem and the Dancing Girl, a 1917 film by Paul Wegener.
- The Golem: How He Came Into the World, a 1920 film directed by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese.
- The Golem's Eye, a book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.
- El Golem, a poem by Jorge Luis Borges.
- The Golem (Der Golem), a retelling of the legend of the golem by Nobel Prize-winning writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.
- Golem, an opera by John Casken.
- Golem XIV, a novel by Stanisław Lem.
- Anger of the Golem and Curse of the Golem are alternate titles of It!, a 1966 film by Herbert J. Leder that features the Golem of Prague in London.
Other golem
- Category:Fictional golems contains articles on fictional golems.
- Golem in popular culture describe other appearances of the golem concept in popular culture.
- In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, a golem is a man made creature.
- Golem (comics), a Marvel Comics heroic monster based on the folkloric character.
- Golem (Pokémon), a Pokémon
- Government-granted monopoly, called "Government-Originated Legally Enforced Monopolies" by Richard Stallman [1]
See also:
- Gollum, a fantasy character from The Lord of the Rings.