Golems and Gorgons

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https://linktr.ee/scrubmode Today we're talking golems, an symbolically loaded monster. With thematic connections reaching back to ushabti and forward to robots and even Superman. Then we investigate a DnD mystery: why are gorgons scaled bulls instead of the serpentine monster girls of Greek myth? Other talking points include: Jack Kirby, Julio knows his Frankenstein, and the horngus of a dongfish (the nutte sac). Sources https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-golem https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/world/europe/11golem.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem https://quillette.com/2022/05/27/the-alchemist-emperor-of-prague/ https://www.jmberlin.de/en/topic-golem https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/origin-word-robot-rur/ https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/08/03/catoblepas/ https://www.theoi.com/Thaumasios/Katoblepones.html#:~:text=THE%20KATOBLEPS%20(Catoblepas)%20was%20a,account%20of%20the%20African%20gnu https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A42668.0001.001/1:6.101?rgn=div2;view=fulltext https://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/111271/why-is-the-dd-gorgon-a-metal-bull https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24626 https://abookofcreatures.com/2019/04/12/skeljaskrimsli/ Jacob Geller’s wonderful video essay on the Golem and the Jewish Super Hero The horngus of a dongfish is attached by a scungle to a kind of dill sack And the 5th Ed. Monster Manual

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