Golem (disambiguation)

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A golem, in medieval folklore and Jewish mythology, is an animated being crafted from inanimate material.

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
• The Golem's Mighty Swing, an award-winning graphic novel by James Sturn.

Other golem:

• Category:Fictional golems contains articles on fictional golems
• Golem in popular culture describe other appearances of the golem concept in popular culture
• Golems are man made creature in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons
• 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