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Details. Protector of the Jewish community, created from clay or mud, animated through mystical rituals. A golem (/ ˈɡoʊləm / GOH-ləm; Hebrew: גּוֹלֶם, romanized: gōlem) is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud.
Pages in category "Jewish legendary creatures" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Jewish folklore. 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.
e. Jewish mythology is the body of myths associated with Judaism. Elements of Jewish mythology have had a profound influence on Christian mythology and on Islamic mythology, as well as on Abrahamic culture in general. [1] Christian mythology directly inherited many of the narratives from the Jewish people, sharing in common the narratives from ...
Jewish mysticism. Academic study of Jewish mysticism, especially since Gershom Scholem 's Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism (1941), draws distinctions between different forms of mysticism which were practiced in different eras of Jewish history. Of these, Kabbalah, which emerged in 12th-century southwestern Europe, is the most well known, but it ...
Dybbuk, by Ephraim Moshe Lilien (1874–1925). In Jewish mythology, a dybbuk (/ ˈdɪbək /; 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 ...
As of 2019, archaeological excavations have revealed Jewish stone vessel assemblages at over 250 sites across various regions, including Judea, the Galilee, the Golan Heights, Idumea, and Transjordan. These findings span all recognized geographical areas historically inhabited by Jewish communities.
The Tannin (Dragon), by al-Qazwini (1203–1283).. Tannin (Hebrew: תַּנִּין tannīn; Syriac: ܬܢܝܢܐ tannīnā plural: tannīnē; Arabic: التنين tinnīn, ultimately from Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 dannina) or Tunnanu (Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎐𐎐 tnn, likely vocalized tunnanu [1]) was a sea monster in Canaanite and Hebrew mythology used as a symbol of chaos and evil.