Legend says Rabbi Judah Löw created a mighty Golem from clay to protect Prague's Jewish Town. He animated it with a shem, but its strength supposedly escaped his control. The rabbi therefore deprived it of life again, and its remains were allegedly hidden in the attic of the Old-New Synagogue.
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The Golem of Prague: a protector whose strength stopped obeying
A protector of the Jewish Town was said to rise from clay. Yet the Prague legend also tells of the moment when its creator had to stop his own creation. What remains of the Golem in the story?
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- Place
- Praha
- Municipality / starting point
- Praha
- District / region
- Praha 1 · Josefov
- Country
- Czechia
- Location in the sources
- Old-New Synagogue
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SOURCES OF THE STORYThis legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.