"Feet of Clay (novel) Feet of Clay is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the nineteenth book in the ""Discworld"" series, published in 1996. The story follows the members of the City Watch, as they attempt to solve murders apparently committed by a golem, as well as the unusual poisoning of the Patrician, Lord Vetinari. The title is a figure of speech from Hebrew scripture (see feet of clay) and the script used in the book to represent Morporkian being written by a golem resembles the Hebrew alphabet, a reference to golems' origins in Jewish folklore. Twelve of"
"Golem In Jewish folklore, a golem ( ; ) is an animated anthropomorphic being that is magically created entirely from inanimate matter (usually clay or mud). The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing. The most famous golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late-16th-century rabbi of Prague. There are many tales differing on how the golem was brought to life and afterward controlled. According to ""Moment Magazine"", ""the golem is a highly mutable metaphor with seemingly limitless symbolism. It can be victim or villain, Jew or non-Jew, man or woman—or sometimes"
"an older couple, whose children have left home, makes a boy out of clay and dries him by their hearth. The Clay Boy comes to life; at first the couple is delighted and treats him like a real child, but the Clay Boy does not stop growing and eats all their food, then all their livestock, and then the Clay Boy eats his parents. The Clay Boy rampages through the village until he is smashed by a quick-thinking goat. Golem In Jewish folklore, a golem ( ; ) is an animated anthropomorphic being that is magically created entirely from inanimate"
"Tannin (monster) Tannin () or Tunannu (Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎐𐎐 ""tnn"", vocalized ""tu-un-na-nu"") was a sea monster in Canaanite, Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology used as a symbol of chaos and evil. The name may derive from a root meaning ""howling"" or from coiling in a manner like smoke. In modern Hebrew usage the word Tanin (תנין) means ""crocodile."" Tannin appears in the Baal Cycle as one of the servants of Yam ( ""Sea"") defeated by Baʿal ( ""Lord"") or bound by his sister, ʿAnat. He is usually depicted as serpentine, possibly with a double tail. The ""tanninim"" () also appear in the"
"a being created out of clay by mystical rabbis in order to protect the endangered Jewish community, but who, when out of control, was turned back into clay. The band Golem describes itself as a collective monster that treats traditional Jewish Eastern European music with the utmost respect but without timidity or resistance to change. Golem (klezmer band) Golem is a rock-klezmer band from New York City. They mix traditional Eastern European Jewish music with original material sung in Yiddish, English, Russian, as well as Ukrainian, French, Serbian-Croatian, Romany. Golem was created in November, 2000 by Annette Ezekiel Kogan, bandleader,"
"Terrible Monster Terrible Monster is a creature that allegedly attacked Jerusalem in the early 18th century. According to local lore, it was formed of the blood of murder victims and would kill anyone who came near it. The chimerical monster was said to be nearly 50 feet long, with the head of a lion, the beak and talons of an eagle, and the tail of a scorpion, with which venom was its principal weapon, much like a manticore. It was also completely covered with chain mail that appeared to be made from mother of pearl. Its only weak point proved"
"golem narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th century rabbi of Prague, also known as the Maharal, who reportedly ""created a [g]olem out of clay from the banks of the Vltava River and brought it to life through rituals and Hebrew incantations to defend the Prague ghetto from anti-Semitic attacks"" and pogroms. Depending on the version of the legend, the Jews in Prague were to be either expelled or killed under the rule of Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor. The Golem was called Josef and was known as Yossele. It was said that he could make himself"
"according to the Biblical description, to be made from specific minerals, none of them the same as another, and each of them representative of a specific tribe, whose name was to be inscribed on the stone. According to a rabbinic tradition, the names of the twelve tribes were engraved upon the stones with what is called in Hebrew: שמיר = ""shamir"", which, according to Rashi, was a small, rare creature which could cut through the toughest surfaces, but according to Rabbi David Kimhi and Rabbi Jonah ibn Janah, was a stone stronger than iron (possibly Naxian stone). The word has"
"a bull demon in Abrahamic traditions. The bull is familiar in Judeo-Christian cultures from the Biblical episode wherein an idol of the Golden Calf is made by Aaron and worshipped by the Hebrews in the wilderness of Sinai (""Exodus""). The text of the Hebrew Bible can be understood to refer to the idol as representing a separate god, or as representing the God of Israel himself, perhaps through an association or syncretization with Egyptian or Levantine bull gods, rather than a new deity in itself. Exodus 32:4 ""He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool"
"2018 film """" has a minor villain named Moloch in the first act. Moloch Moloch is the biblical name of a Canaanite god associated with child sacrifice. The name of this deity is also sometimes spelled Molech, Milcom, or Malcam. The name ""Moloch"" results from a dysphemic vocalisation in the Second Temple period of a theonym based on the root ""mlk"", ""king"". There are a number of Canaanite gods with names based on this root, which became summarily associated with Moloch, including biblical ""great king"" (KJV ""Milcom""), which appears to refer to a god of the Ammonites, as well as"
"to be, not unlike Chimera, having a spear flung down its throat. It is known by no other name, aside from translation. Allardice, Pamela. ""Myths, Gods and Fantasy. A Sourcebook."" Dorset: Prism Press, 1990, p. 201. Terrible Monster Terrible Monster is a creature that allegedly attacked Jerusalem in the early 18th century. According to local lore, it was formed of the blood of murder victims and would kill anyone who came near it. The chimerical monster was said to be nearly 50 feet long, with the head of a lion, the beak and talons of an eagle, and the tail"
"Chort Chort (Russian: чёрт, Belarusian and Ukrainian: чорт, Polish: ""Czort"" and ""Czart"", Czech and Slovak: ""Čert"") is considered to be a demon of total evil, with horns, hooves, a skinny tail, and a pig-face in Slavic mythology (demonology). He is the son of the Slavic god Chernobog and the goddess Mara. In Ukraine, he is also known as ""haspyda"", ""didko"", ""irod"", and ""kutsyi"". In folk Christianity, he is considered a minion of Satan. Compare to Russian sayings (curses) """"тысяча чертей"""" (""""tysjača čertej"""") – meaning thousands of demons, """"чёрт побери"""" (""""čort poberi"""") – meaning as overtaken by the demon, the saying"
"Ziz The Ziz (Hebrew: ) is a giant griffin-like bird in Jewish mythology, said to be large enough to be able to block out the sun with its wingspan. It is considered a giant animal/monster corresponding to archetypal creatures. Rabbis have said that the Ziz is comparable to the Persian Simurgh, while modern scholars compare the Ziz to the Sumerian Anzû and the Ancient Greek phoenix. There is only passing mention of the Ziz in the Bible, found in Psalms 50:11 ""I know all the birds of the mountains and ""Zīz śāday"" is mine"" and Psalms 80:13-14 ""The boar from"
"the Exodus to Canaan. In modern scholarship, Tannin is sometimes associated with Tiamat and, in modern Hebrew, the name ""tannin"" means crocodile. The name has subsequently been given to three submarines in the Israeli Navy: the first, an S-class submarine formerly known as HMS ""Springer"", was in commission from 1958 until 1972. The second, a ""Gal""-class submarine, was in commission from 1977 until 2002. The third INS ""Tanin"" is a ""Dolphin""-class submarine in commission since 2014. Tannin (monster) Tannin () or Tunannu (Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎐𐎐 ""tnn"", vocalized ""tu-un-na-nu"") was a sea monster in Canaanite, Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology used as a"
"inside Homer's gut. In a parody of ""The Golem"", at the end of an episode of Krusty's show, Bart goes backstage to complain about an acid-spraying Krusty brand alarm clock. There he finds the Golem of Prague, a creature from Jewish mythology. Krusty tells Bart that in the 17th century, the Golem was sculpted out of clay by a powerful rabbi and would obey any command written on a scroll and placed in his mouth. Although the golem was created ostensibly to protect Jewish villages, he would obey any scroll placed in his mouth, evil or good. He had been"
"Klopman diamond The Klopman diamond is a fabulous, legendary, apocryphal, and huge diamond, said to have a curse associated with it. The Klopman diamond was originally the subject of a traditional joke, a typical version of which is Due to the use of the name ""Klopman"" and the somewhat dark humor, and the fact that it was one of Myron Cohen's standards, this joke is sometimes characterised as Yiddish in origin. Some commentators maintain that ""Klopman"" is an inherently funny word and that names other than Klopman would not be as funny; they note that this joke has survived essentially"
"by choice. The edifice was, according to rabbinical legend, miraculously constructed throughout, the large heavy stones rising and settling in their respective places of themselves. The general opinion of the Rabbis is that Solomon hewed the stones by means of a ""shamir"", a mythical worm whose mere touch cleft rocks. According to Midrash Tehillim, the shamir was brought from paradise by Solomon's eagle; but most of the rabbis state that Solomon was informed of the worm's haunts by Asmodeus. The shamir had been entrusted by the prince of the sea to the mountain rooster alone, and the rooster had sworn"
"did not refer to a falcon or an eagle. These biblical references to ""gyrfalcon"" (or sometimes ""gierfalcon"") probably were a misinterpretation of a Hebrew term more properly translated either as Egyptian vulture or lammergeier, the latter also known as the ""lamb-vulture"" or the ""bone-breaker vulture"", or historically as the ""bone crusher"" or ossifrage). This etymological confusion has produced taxonomic confusion, as well. Some authorities actually proclaimed uncertainty whether the geier is a vulture or an eagle, and older dictionaries used the terms “geier”, “gyrfalcon” and “lammergeier”, almost interchangeably, e.g. Webster's 1913 Dictionary. Poets and others often assumed that the term"
"Mušḫuššu The mušḫuššu (; formerly also read as ""sirrušu"", ""sirrush"") is a creature from ancient Mesopotamian mythology. A mythological hybrid, it is a scaly dragon with hind legs resembling the talons of an eagle, feline fore legs, a long neck and tail, a horned head, a snake-like tongue, and a crest. The mušḫuššu most famously appears on the reconstructed Ishtar Gate of the city of Babylon, dating to the sixth century BC. The form is the Akkadian nominative of the Sumerian , ""reddish snake"", sometimes also translated as ""fierce snake"". One author, possibly following others, translates it as ""splendor serpent"""
"and Behemoth, and served at a banquet for the Children of Israel at the coming of the Messiah. Bar Juchne Bar Juchne or Bar-Yuchnei is a colossal legendary bird from Jewish mythology which was believed to have a wingspan large enough to block out the sun. The first mention of the creature comes from the ""Talmud"" (Bekhorot, fol. 57 col. 2) which tells of a Bar Juchne egg falling from its nest and destroying 300 cedars and flooding 60 villages/cities. The ""Talmud"" says of the event: 'The question therefore arose, ""Does the bird generally throw out its eggs?"" Rav Ashi"
"figures in the Hebrew Bible as a metaphor for a powerful enemy, notably Babylon (Isaiah 27:1), and some scholars have pragmatically interpreted it as referring to large aquatic creatures, such as the crocodile. The word later came to be used as a term for ""great whale"" as well as of sea monsters in general. The name is a derivation from the root ""lvh"" ""to twine; to join"", with an adjectival suffix , with a literal meaning of ""wreathed, twisted in folds"". Both the name and the mythological figure are a direct continuation of the Ugaritic sea monster ""Lôtān"", one of"
"of this class of demons. While the connection is almost universally agreed upon, recent scholarship has disputed the relevance of two sources previously used to connect the Jewish ""lilith"" to an Akkadian ""lilītu""—the Gilgamesh appendix and the Arslan Tash amulets. (See below for discussion of the two problematic sources.) In Hebrew-language texts, the term ""lilith"" or ""lilit"" (translated as ""night creatures"", ""night monster"", ""night hag"", or ""screech owl"") first occurs in a list of animals in Isaiah 34:14, either in singular or plural form according to variations in the earliest manuscripts. In the Dead Sea Scrolls ""4Q510-511"", the term first"
"that made up Jobu's shrine. In news coverage of the 2017 World Baseball Classic, Team Israel's outfielder Cody Decker made a comparison between Jobu and the team's mascot, ""Mensch on a Bench"", a five-foot-tall stuffed toy that looks a bit like a rabbi or Hasidic Jew: ""He’s a mascot, he’s a friend, he’s a teammate, he’s a borderline deity to our team... He brings a lot to the table... Every team needs their Jobu. He was ours. He had his own locker, and we even gave him offerings: Manischewitz, gelt, and gefilte fish... He is everywhere and nowhere all at"
"Drekavac Drekavac (Cyrillic: дрекавац, , literally """"the screamer"""" or """"the yeller""""), also called drekalo, krekavac, zdrekavac or zrikavac, is a mythical creature in South Slavic mythology. The name is derived from the adjective """"drečati"""" (Cyrillic: дречати) as meaning ""yelling"". In South Slavic mythology it is described as furry humanoid forest demon bearing long claws on the front limbs. In later folk tales this creature has been variously described: A modern description of a supposed drekavac describes it as a canine creature similar to a dog or some kind of bird. The drekavac was originally thought to have come from the"
"other deities. The seal is aniconic, unusual for a device of its type, some scholars have speculated that this may be due to the influence of Israelite iconoclasm (though others dispute this, maintaining that an image may well have appeared on the reverse of the seal and/or that rejection of images is not entirely evident from contemporary excavations in Israel itself. Barachel of Ammon Barachel (Ammonite 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤀𐤋, representing ""Bārakhʾēl"": ""blessed by El"") was a king of Ammon in the 670s BCE. He is known from a small (15.9x16.9 mm) black clay bulla bearing his seal impression. A groove and several"
"the tree hyraxes. This species has many subspecies, many of which are also known as rock or Cape hyrax, although the former usually refers to African varieties. In Arabic, the rock hyrax is called الوبر (""wabr"") or طبسون (""tabsoun""). In Hebrew, the rock hyrax is called שפן סלע (""shafan sela""), meaning ""rock ""shafan"""", where the meaning of ""shafan"" is obscure, but is colloquially used as a synonym for rabbit in modern Hebrew. According to Gerald Durrell local people in Bafut, Cameroon, call the rock hyrax the n'eer. Rock hyraxes produce large quantities of hyraceum—a sticky mass of dung and urine"
"Leviathan Leviathan (; ) is a creature with the form of a sea monster from Jewish belief, referenced in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Job, Psalms, the Book of Isaiah, and the Book of Amos. The Leviathan of the Book of Job is a reflection of the older Canaanite ""Lotan"", a primeval monster defeated by the god Hadad. Parallels to the role of Mesopotamian Tiamat defeated by Marduk have long been drawn in comparative mythology, as have been wider comparisons to dragon and world serpent narratives such as Indra slaying Vrtra or Thor slaying Jörmungandr, but Leviathan already"
"the unicorn. However, some rabbis in the Talmud debate the proposition that the ""Tahash"" animal (Exodus 25, 26, 35, 36 and 39; Numbers 4; and Ezekiel 16:10) was a domestic, single-horned kosher creature that existed in Moses' time, or that it was similar to the ""keresh"" animal described in Morris Jastrow's Talmudic dictionary as ""a kind of antelope, unicorn"". The ""qilin"" (), a creature in Chinese mythology, is sometimes called ""the Chinese unicorn"", and some ancient accounts describe a single horn as its defining feature. However, it is more accurately described as a that looks less unicorn than chimera, with"
"Nehushtan In the biblical Books of Kings (), the Nehushtan (or Nohestan) (Hebrew: נחושתן or נחש הנחושת) is the derogatory name given to the bronze serpent on a pole first described in the Book of Numbers, which God told Moses to erect to so that the Israelites who saw it would be protected from dying from the bites of the ""fiery serpents"" which God had sent to punish them for speaking against God and Moses . In ""Kings"", King Hezekiah institutes an iconoclastic reform that requires the destruction of ""the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days"
"the fighting rooster or fighting cock as the religious vessel. The ancient Hebrew versions identified the Hebrew ""a girt one of the loins"" of Proverbs 30:31 as a rooster, ""which most of the old translations and Rabbis understood to be a fighting cock"", with also the Arabic sarsar or sirsir being an onomatopoeticon or onomatopoeia for rooster (alektor) as the Hebrew zarzir of Proverbs 30:31. ""Rooster (Gallus domesticus) bones were identified at Lachish dating to early Iron II"", but even earlier not to be ruled out, which corresponds was well with ""as for Palestine, the earliest chicken bones are present"
"of Moses transformed into a snake and then back into a staff (Exodus 4:2–4). The Book of Numbers 21:6–9 provides an origin for an archaic copper serpent, ""Nehushtan"" by associating it with Moses. This copper snake according to the Biblical text is wrapped around a pole and used for healing. Book of Numbers 21:9 ""And Moses made a snake of copper, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a snake had bitten any man, when he beheld the snake of brass, he lived."" When the reformer King Hezekiah came to the throne of Judah"
"Eden. Throughout the Hebrew Bible, it is also used in conjunction with ""saraph"" to describe vicious serpents in the wilderness. The ""tannin"", a dragon monster, also occurs throughout the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Exodus, the staffs of Moses and Aaron are turned into serpents, a ""nāḥāš"" for Moses, a ""tannin"" for Aaron. In the New Testament, the Book of Revelation makes use of ""ancient serpent"" and ""the Dragon"" several times to identify Satan or the devil. (; ) The serpent is most often identified with the hubristic Satan, and sometimes with Lilith. The story of the Garden of"
"in the late 8th century BCE, ""He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, smashed the idols, and broke into pieces the copper snake that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. () ""Naga"" (Sanskrit:नाग) is the Sanskrit/Pāli word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very large snake, found in Hinduism and Buddhism. The naga primarily represents rebirth, death and mortality, due to its casting of its skin and being symbolically ""reborn"". Brahmins associated ""naga"" with Shiva"