Exactly what the title says it is.
This is adapted from Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall, Dragons: Fearsome Monsters from Myth and Fiction by Gerrie McCall, and Mythical Monsters by Chris McNab.
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FOREHEAD: One way to bring a golem to life is to write a special word on its forehead. Erasing the word is then the only way to kill the monster. MUSCLES: If allowed, a golem can grow immensely strong. When it is on one of its rampages, it can hurl boulders around as if they were pebbles.
SKIN: A golem is usually made of clay, stone, or wood, so its "skin" is hard and rough to the touch, and extremely hard. MOUTH: While most golems can't talk, a few have supposedly had limited powers of speech. FEET: A golem run wild can kick down solid doors with ease.
FACE: A golem often takes on the appearance of its creator and master. When obedient, the creature is expressionless- but if it grows to big, it can fly into a terrible rage.
HANDS: These grow bigger and stronger all the time and are a rampant golem's main tool of destruction.
A golem is one of mythology's more unusual creatures. It is a figure made of clay, stone, or wood, and then brought to life by its creator. Once living, the golem acts as a guardian and protector over its creator, and it obeys its master's every command. Ominously, the creature also grows bigger and stronger everyday. Here is the danger. If the golem becomes too large, it can become wild and destructive. The creator must destroy and rebuild it before it becomes out of control and a danger to everyone.
An absent minded golem-maker has neglected to destroy his creation, and the beast has grown so huge and monstrous that it is now ransacking its master's house. The devastation may not end here, though, for if no-one can reach up to erase the magical life-giving word from the creatures forehead, it may end up obliterating everything- and everyone- in its path.
Did you know? -Tibetans have their own golem, a tulpa, which obeys orders but can develop a personality of its own.
-Vietnamese sorcerers called the Thay Phap make human puppets out of wood or straw, breathe life into them and order them to rob and kill.
-In Spain in the 11th century, the philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabriol was acquitted of sorcery after he agreed to destroy his female golem.
