Golems
Area(s) reported: Europe:Czech Republic:Prague
Date(s) reported: 1525 to 1599 (?)

"In Jewish folklore, golems are men made of clay and animated by Jewish holy men called Rabbis. Golems normally existed merely to act as aids and helpers to these holy men, but something went wrong with one famous golem made in Prague to defend the persercuited Jews of the city."

This monster's full article is in Monsters Here & There, Vol. 1

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