Blood libel
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Blood libel or ritual murder libel is an antisemitic trope which falsely accuses Jews of murdering Christians in order to use their blood in the performance of religious rituals. Echoing very old myth
Statue of Simon of Trent, an Italian child whose disappearance and death was blamed on the leaders of the city's Jewish community
The crucifixion of William of Norwich depicted on a rood screen in Holy Trinity church, Loddon, Norfolk
Simon of Trent blood libel. Illustration in Hartmann Schedel's Weltchronik, 1493
Painting of Werner of Oberwesel as a martyr
Golem
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A golem is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezal
Blood libel
…Jews, Gabriel of Białystok, was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. In Jewish lore, blood libels served as the impetus for the creation of the Golem of Prague by Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel in the 16th century. The term 'blood libel' has also been used in reference to any unpleasant or damaging false accusation…
Golem – Mikoláš Aleš
Rabbi Loew statue at the New City Hall of Prague
Old New Synagogue of Prague with the rungs of the ladder to the attic on the wall. In the legend, the Golem was in the loft.
The Úštěk Synagogue with a statue of a Golem in Úštěk