Golem (disambiguation)

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A golem is an artificial animated being in medieval and Jewish folklore.

Golem or The Golem may also refer to:

Geography

• Golem, Kavajë, a village in the Kavajë municipality, Albania
• Golem, Lushnjë, an administrative unit of the Lushnjë municipality, Albania
• Golem Grad, an island in Lake Prespa in Macedonia

In literature

• Der Golem (play), a 1908 play by Arthur Holitscher
• The Golem (Gustav Meyrink novel), a 1914 novel by Gustav Meyrink
• The Golem (Leivick), a 1921 dramatic poem by H. Leivick
• El Golem, a 1964 poem by Jorge Luis Borges
• Golem XIV,a 1981 novel by Stanisław Lem
• Golem (David Wisniewski book), a 1996 picture book written and illustrated by David Wisniewski
• Golems (Discworld), race of creatures in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
• "Golem" (short story), a comical short story by Lee Yeongdo
• The Golem (Isaac Bashevis Singer novel), a 1969 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer

In film

• The Golem (1915 film), a film by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen
• The Golem and the Dancing Girl, 1917 comedy film sequel of the 1915 film
• The Golem: How He Came into the World, 1920 horror prequel by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener
• It! (1967 film), 1967 horror film directed by Herbert J. Leder and Gold Star Productions made in the Hammer Films style
• Le Golem or The Golem: The Legend of Prague (1936), directed by Julien Duvivier
• Golem (film), a 2000 film directed by Louis Nero

In comics and gaming

• Golem (Dungeons & Dragons), a man-made creature in Dungeons & Dragons
• Golem (comics), a Marvel Comics heroic monster
• Golem (Pokémon), a Pokémon
• Golem (video game), an upcoming video game

Technology

• Golem I (1964), Golem II (1972), computers built at the Weizman Institute in Rehovot, Israel
• Golem (ILP), inductive logic programming system
• Government-granted monopoly, called "Government-Originated Legally Enforced Monopolies" by Richard Stallman
• Golem.de, online news portal
• Sky Golem, a Czech paraglider design

Music

• Golem (Bretan opera) Golem lásadása, a 1923 opera by Nicolae Bretan
• Der Golem (opera), a 1926 opera by Eugen d'Albert, based on Holitscher's play, recorded 2010
• The Golem (Ellstein opera), by Abraham Ellstein, premiered at the New York City Opera in 1962
• The Golem (Sitsky opera), a 1980 grand opera by Larry Sitsky
• Golem (opera), a 1988 opera by John Casken
• Golem 13, a 2008 opera by Noam Sheriff. Libretto by George Whyte
• Golem (klezmer band), New York-based klezmer band
• Golem (band), German death metal band
• The Golem (album), a soundtrack by Black Francis for the 1920 film The Golem: How He Came into the World

See also

• Gollum, a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit novels
• Gollum (disambiguation)
• Category:Fictional golems
• The Golem's Eye, the second book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud