Some Jewish legends portray this monster, whose name means "unformed", as a defender of the Jews
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Jeopary Questions page 1219 - BOGIE MEN - TriviaBistro.com  GODS & MONSTERS: Some Jewish legends portray this monster, whose name means "unformed", as a defender of the Jews  GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In...
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GOLEM. This mythical Jewish monster actually, initially, fights for the ...  This mythical Jewish monster actually, initially, fights for the good guys. ... The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material (usually out of stone and clay) .... Some of my original art can be found at http://lapuka.com ..... whose legends were gradually adapted to fit historical fact as a means of keeping the celtic...
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Golem - Wikipedia  In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being that is magically created entirely from inanimate matter (specifically clay or mud). The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms ... A golem is inscribed with Hebrew words in some tales (for example, some versions of Chem and...
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Glossary of Names and Terms - Barry Bandstra  Amoraim Jewish teachers from the period between 200 and 500 CE, whose work ... Antiochus IV (175163) Seleucid king who persecuted the Jews of Judea ... to certain Jewish books written in the HellenisticRoman period that came to be ..... Eve The first female who God created; mated to Adam, her name means life.
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Secret Identities: Graphic Literature and the Jewish-American ...  by Jewish-American artists must be of some significance to them, and it is in ... concept very closely tied with the Jewish legend of the golem, a creature made of .... adopts the identity not of his real name, Kal-El, which roughly means 'All ... Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero, comics.
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Fortean etymology | Forteantimes Forums  Jan 17, 2004 ... The name suspiciously resembles the Hebrew and Arabic words for dog. ... It does look compelling, but I may be biased since Hebrew/Arabic is my major ... though probably derived from the Hebrew name for the Toraic God, is also .... It comes from a famous stage magician's personal incantation, which...
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Judges 14-16 Chapter Study - Calvary Chapel Oxnard  Today, the name 'Samson' has become synonymous with physical strength ... 2) He was to come into contact with no dead body. ... For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel . ..... It's from this city that the modern Gaza strip gets its name. ... Samson was arrested, thrown into a dungeon & his eyes poked out.
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Orthrus - Wikipedia  In Greek mythology, Orthrus or Orthus was, according to the mythographer Apollodorus, a two-headed dog who guarded Geryon's cattle and was killed by Heracles. He was the offspring of the monsters Echidna and Typhon, and the brother of Cerberus, who was also a multi-headed guard dog. ... The poet Pindar refers to the "hounds of Geryon" trembling before Heracles.
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Notes from Limmud 2009: The Origins of the Beta Israel of Ethiopia ...  Sep 5, 2016 ... The Origins of the Beta Israel of Ethiopia: Raiders of the Lost Ark or Members of the Lost Tribes? Dr Shalva ... The Ge'ez word "falasha" is the same as someone who intrudes. They have .... They call it Orit (the same word as , and cognate to "Torah"). It's bound as a book, not a scroll. The Sigd...
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Monstresses - Women in Greek Myths  Sep 1, 2009 ... Echidna: Echidna was called the mother of all monsters, but really she ... son Orthus she mothered the Sphinx (see below) and the Nemean Lion. ... She was definitely a scary monster, half-woman half-snake, and she lived...
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CHIMERA (Khimaira) - Three-Headed Monster of Greek Mythology  In Greek mythology the Chimera was a three-headed monster which ravaged the ... It was a bizarre fire-breathing creature with the body and head of a lion, a goat's head rising from its ... she was a daughter of Typhaon and Echidna, and had three heads, one of each of ... She was killed by Bellerophon, and Virgil (Aen. vi.
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It's Hebrew from the Talmud. It says, Whoever... - essere pm... - Tumblr  It's Hebrew from the Talmud. It says, Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire. Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (1993) International Holocaust...
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Jewish Continuity and the origins of "Ben Hur" | Jewish ...  Between these bad role models are sandwiched a collection of wonderful role models Moses, Miriam, Aaron, Joshua, and in midrash, Naxshon ben Amitai.
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The Story of Azazil | Spiritual Legend  Jul 3, 2013 ... The Shaitan, or the devil in English, is a character that has been ... Iblis, who was then still called Azazil, read and wondered at this ... It was this transgression of Iblis that made him deserving of the name 'Al-Shaitaan' (the Satan) or . ... A unique Religious and Spiritual guide for people of different faiths and...
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Monstresses - Women in Greek Myths  Sep 1, 2009 ... Description of the (female) monsters of Greek mythology, with pictures ... they were really Geryon's sheep, check it out in the Myth Pages) and had ... by Argus - but she was supposed to be immortal, so I don't really know how that worked. ... Medusa; Stheno, her name means Mighty; Euryale, and her name...
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Doeg: Evil in the Hands of a Good God | Greg Lanier  Oct 2, 2013 ... First, Doeg is called the Edomite both in this verse and in all other ... The plain sense of this title is that Doeg is a man of Edomite origin, but why would an Edomite be running around with King Saul and his men? ... into the religious community of Israel and, hence, was visiting the priests of Nob to do so.
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Jewish Magic and Superstition: 11. The War with the Spirits  Jewish Magic and Superstition, by Joshua Trachtenberg, [1939], full text ... of Biblical readings whose inner mystical significance and whose "names" ... It was believed that a man should expire with "words of Torah" on his lips, .... The magic circle was to be drawn with a knife or sword; a piece of iron suspended in water...
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Obscure Name Origin/meaning? | Yahoo Answers  Jan 9, 2009 ... ... was a mechanical golem( magical clay figure: in Jewish legend, an imaginary being made of clay and brought to life by magical incantations)...
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monster - Geocities  Her equally hideous sisters were Stheno and Euryale. (The Gorgons are ... particular myth in which Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden. She desecrated...
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Frankenstein's monster - Wikipedia  Frankenstein's monster, sometimes known as Frankenstein, is a fictional character whose fictional creator was Victor Frankenstein. The monster first appeared, without any name, in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Shelley's title thus compares Victor Frankenstein to the mythological ... In Shelley's Gothic story, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature in his...
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Full text of "Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors in ...  S 1 Semitic lore, Sarrael was a known storm-demon, and from his name we .... in summer as it is at all times of fiery devils, that stir up storms, cause tempests, etc. ...... He, as well as St. Erasmus, and St. Gonzales de Tuy, was connected with the ...... J Two later authors speak of the selling of wind-knots "practiced by the...