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golem
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go·lem  (glm)
n.
In Jewish folklore, an artificially created human supernaturally endowed with life.
[Hebrew glem, lump, clod, fool, from glam, to wrap up; see glm in Semitic roots.]
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Noun1.golemgolem - (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
mythical being - an imaginary being of myth or fable
2.golemgolem - a mechanism that can move automatically
robot, automaton
android, humanoid, mechanical man - an automaton that resembles a human being
mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function


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The full-color art is cartoonish, but lovingly detailed; Sfar does an excellent job of populating her world with a variety of bizarre, outlandish creatures such as golems, mandragoras, tree-men, ghosts, shades, goat-creatures, witches and putty monsters.
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A cartoon in three-dimensional form, Paris-based Chinese expatriate Wang Du's recent exhibition at Vancouver Art Gallery took the form of a misshapen array of bellicose and lascivious golems cultivated from Chinese military propaganda, Internet porn, and the Western print media.
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According to Jewish mysticism, one can bring golems, clay monsters, to life by writing the name of G-d on their foreheads, then return them to earth by erasing the name.
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