Golem (disambiguation)

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

Golem or The Golem may also refer to:

In literature

• Der Golem (play), a 1908 play by Arthur Holitscher
• The Golem (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 (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 byLee Yeongdo
• The Golem (1969), a 1969 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Der Golem (magazine), a German occult magazine

In music

• Golem (opera), a 1923 opera by Nicolae Bretan
• Der Golem (opera), a 1926 opera by Eugen d'Albert, based on Holitscher's play, recorded 2010
• 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

In film

• The Golem (1915 film), a film by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen
• The Golem and the Dancing Girl, 1916 comedy film sequel of the 1915 film
• The Golem: How He Came into the World, 1920 horror prequel by Carl Boese and Paul Wegener
• The Golem: It!, 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

In geography

• Golem, Kavajë, a municipality in the Kavajë District, Albania
• Golem, Lushnjë, a municipality in the Lushnjë District, Albania
• Golem Grad, an island in Lake Prespa in Macedonia

In comics and gaming

• Golem (Dungeons & Dragons), man made creature in "Dungeons & Dragons"
• Golem (comics), Marvel Comics heroic monster
• Golem (Pokémon), a Pokémon
• Golem (Magic the Gathering), a type of creature found throughout the history of the game.

Other

• 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

See also

• Gollum, a character for J R R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit novels
• Gollum (disambiguation)
• GOLUM, Group of Linux Users, Missouri
• Category:Fictional golems
• It! (1966 film), horror film directed by Herbert J. Leder about the golem of Prague
• The Golem's Eye, the second book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud