(1) Then the pixie, golem , and dragon charged at us, and blacked me out.(2) The golem of Jewish legend, for example, is a powerful automaton.(3) Once the assassin passed the golem, the golem awoke with pure rage in his eyes.(4) Janus lightly tapped the golem 's head, and its eyes closed.(5) The idea of the android clearly has close links to the medieval Jewish stories of the golem .(6) In the middle ages the myth of the golem , a living creature made from clay in the image of Adam, was the pinnacle of metaphysical alchemy.(7) He has been credited with having created the golem , a Frankenstein figure, a living being without soul.(8) You most likely know of the clay golem ; most people do.(9) Often in these legends, the golems take on a life of their own, and gain increasing power the longer they are animated.