Homunculus
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A homunculus is a small artificial human or human-like being. Popularized in 16th-century alchemy and 19th-century fiction, it has historically been referred to as the creation of a miniature, fully f
Paracelsus is credited with the first mention of the homunculus in De homunculis (c. 1529–1532), and De natura rerum (1537).
Homuncular Jesus with the madonna
19th-century engraving of Wagner and Homunculus from Goethe's Faust II
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
Homunculus
…of verbena; then wrap it up in a piece of a dead man's winding-sheet and carry it with you everywhere. The homunculus has also been compared to the golem of Jewish folklore. Though the specifics outlining the creation of the golem and homunculus are very different, the concepts both metaphorically relate…
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