every country has its own mythology and folklore each telling of strange
monstrous creatures there are so many monsters Cyclops
ogres the Kraken your mother your sister Wendigo too many to list in one video
alone so I decided to start a new video series each installment focusing on a
different kind of monster I'm calling it monster guide because I'm a creative
genius in this first video we look at one of the most enduring legendary
beasts of all a beast fur makes Frankenstein's monster seem like a
choirboy. The Golem
to understand the golem you must first know something about Kabbalah Kabalah a
school of Jewish mysticism law associated with ancient legend said to
trace its origins have a dawn of humanity no one knows where it truly
came from Kabbalistic scholars would study all kinds of mystery like the
origin of evil the possibility of reincarnation and even magic eventually
study of its spread outside of judaism contributing to the rise of occultism
and secret societies it was even said by studying certain aspects of Kabbalah
could drive a person insane as is the power of its divine knowledge why am I
telling you this? Because according to legend it was mastery of Kabbalah that
enabled a rabbi to create golem forged from clay or sometimes mud a golem is a
monstrous creature possessing great strength though somewhat human-like in
appearance they have no free will instead serving the man who created them
they could be a force for good or evil a helpful companion or a destructive
beast the most famous golem legends comes from 16th century Prague it was a
time of fierce persecution for Jews living in the city rumor had spread of
him kidnapping children for ritualistic human sacrifice fearing the safety of
their children local Christians reacted with anger many Jews were driven out of
the city many were murdered on the streets and so
to protect his community the chief rabbi of Prague took drastic action with two
our rabbi he took clay and shaped it into the likeness of a giant man with a
strange ritualistic chance veins circle the clay man for hours chanting the
whole time slowly the clay man became animated rising into the air and glowing
brightly on opening his eyes his creators stop chanting veritable was
complete it was 8 foot tall with blood-red eyes and no mouth
they called him Josef because that's a pretty good name for a big guy made of
clay at night they sent him out to Garvey Jewish quarter returning to them
before sunrise so by day they could keep him locked away for years it served as a
guardian of Prague's Jews but as time went on it grew more difficult to
command the golem perceive threats that were not there, killing any
Gentile it came across and so on realizing his creation had become an
evil monster the rabbi deactivated his golem never to be revived according to
some versions of a legend the golem has survived into the modern world hidden
away inside a Prague synagogue if that's true I'm surprised that didn't really
convene for TS I'm in Affairs every time for a golem that was it
golems are lazy big plain no mouth having freaks this is just one of many
legends of a golem but almost all of them follow the same theme learn at men
create a monster who initially served them before breaking free and causing
havoc some consider a golem to be a metaphor deeply embedded within our
unconscious mind warning that technology will one day destroy us some Seaver
stories as evidence of historical man creating robots yet whom most who
believe in the golem it is just as described an enormous beast made of clay
some legends tell of golem falling in love and not being able to understand
such an emotion reacting with violence but perhaps v-dog is legend this vat of
a lonely couple who created a golem to serve as their child
desperate for a child of her own they approached a rabbi one cold day who
agreed to create a son for them weeks later he returned and presented them
with a child-sized golem in truth they were disheartened by its monstrous
appearance but given the effort put into its creation had no choice but except
for a time always well as expected the golem was perfectly obedient but a golem
is not a child within months it began to grow at an alarming rate soon outgrowing
both parents with its new size came unrivaled strength one day they sent for
golem outs to gather wood giving it an axe and directing it towards a great
forest by nightfall it had still not returned so the next day they went out
looking for it on finding the golem they realized they had nearly cut down the
entire forest and this was just one of its misdeeds hoping its creator could
put things right they returned to be local synagogue but the rabbi wasn't
there no one in town knew what had happened to him as if he'd simply
disappeared whatever the explanation they were stuck with n-now adult-sized
golem but still it was growing and still it did little more than destroy tools
buildings livestock anything the beasts encountered would usually be torn apart
it could only go on for so long eventually they decided to put an end to
their weird golem kid early one morning we father buried an ax into the golems
head but as literally anyone could have predicted it did little damage by the
time be local community had pieced this together he and his wife lay dead and V
golem was nowhere to be found