Talk:Golem effect

March 2012
I suggest moving this page to Golem effect once that one is deleted. Per WP:MOS article titles, sentence case should be used to titles that are not proper nouns. Biglulu (talk) 23:39, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Golem corruption is not correct
The article states that "the golem grew more and more corrupt to the point of spiraling violently out of control and had to be destroyed." I am familiar with many variations of the Golem legend but none indicated that the Golem had grown corrupt. My sources include The Golem by Yudl Rosenberg (edited and translated by Curt Leviant), The Golem by Elie Wiesel, and Golem by David Wisniewski. The Rosenberg explanation is fairly representative of the others. In that book, in Chapter 22 How the Maharal Brought About the End of the Golem (Maharal was another name for Rabbi Loew), Rosenberg wrote "Another Passover holiday had come and gone, and nowhere in all the king's realm was there a hint of the blood libel misfortune.... 'From the day on,' the Maharal told us, 'there is no longer any need for the golem, since blood libel trials are now prohibited in these lands.' On page 95 of The Wiesel version, Rabbi Loew tells Golem just before putting him back to sleep, "You have accomplished your destiny. You can be proud. Few men have saved as many lives as you have. May your sleep be sweet, my dear Yossel, don't worry no one will disturb you, I promise." In the Wisnieweski version, Golem has made the Jews safe but does not want to die. Rabbi Loew tells Golem "Your purpose is at an end," and brings him back into sleep. Based on all that, the notion that the Golem was "destroyed" because he was "more and more corrupt" is inconsistent with the legend. I recommend revising the description to say "After the Golem saved the Jews of Prague by exposing the Blood Libel as being a lie, he had served his purpose, so Rabbi Loew returned him to the lifeless clay from which he was formed." I will note that in the 1915 film called The Golem, he goes on a murderous rampage after his love is spurned by a woman, but that film has little in common with the actual legend. Baldshmoo (talk) 22:08, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

This topic was available on german
this article was available in German why was it deleted?? 2001:4BB8:2CD:6F36:0:0:C82:408C (talk) 23:20, 12 January 2024 (UTC)