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  • In Jewish folklore, a golem (from the Hebrew "gelem" ((גלם ... htm "The Golem"] The Jewish Magazine. (October 1999) ...
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  • In Kabbalah and European Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a spirit of a dead person that attaches itself to a person on earth. The word "dybbuk ...
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  • In general, the Haggadot are presented as folklore, historical anecdotes, moral ... ==Part of the Jewish oral law== The Haggadah is part of Judaism's ...
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  • Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... *Jewish folklore – Hershele Ostropoler *Lakota mythology – Iktomi ...
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  • the making of idols to represent God, Jewish amulets, also called Khamsa ... The Seal of Solomon is probably the best known of Jewish amulets. ...
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  • job is to test humankind. However, in the Jewish apocrypha and rabbinical ... a few times. The idea took form in later Jewish writings, however, and was ...
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  • is discussed in Muslim Hadith and in the Jewish Talmud. ... Gabriel is also, according to Jewish mythology, the voice that told ...
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  • of other world religions. For example, the Jewish Talmud contains theHaggadah ... *Subbachary, Pulikonda. "Kulapuranas." In Folklore in Modern ...
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  • named Lilitu, was later adapted into Jewish demonology as Lilith.Raymond ... corpses, are found in old Sanskrit folklore. Like the bat associated ...
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  • weed control, and as symbols in religion, folklore, and mythology. While the ... == Goats in religion, folklore, and mythology == Goats are mentioned ...
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  • quickly spread both as a scholar and judge of Jewish law. ... Rashi's birth have passed into Jewish folklore. Two of the most famous ...
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  • creature is a creature from mythology or folklore (often known as "fabulous ... to exact punishment. In mythology and folklore the world over "wonder ...
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  • which deals with the adaptation of Jewish immigrants to rural life ... *[http://www.folkloredelnorte.com.ar/ Folklore del Norte Argentino ...
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  • the Messiah is developed throughout later Jewish and Christian traditions ... S. M. Segal, "Elijah: A Study in Jewish Folklore" (New York: ...
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  • of evil, which he would inherit in later Jewish literature, as well as in ... === Non-Canonical Jewish Literature === Early rabbinic statements in ...
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  • Xhosa, Sotho, Tswana, Venda], and Jewish folklore, possession takes on ... were inspired by Catholic exorcism ritual and folklore. ...
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  • The "Wandering Jew" is also a personification of the Jewish ... and that his name was Cartaphilus, a Jewish shoemaker. Jesus had stopped ...
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  • blood-accusation Blood Accusation] Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved March ... (the house of a prominent member of the Jewish community, a synagogue, a ...
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  • In the presence of a crowd of Jewish mourners, Jesus had the stone ... 6/ai_n15950723/pg_7 Money talks: folklore in the public sphere] December ...
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  • The original context of the term scapegoat was a Jewish purification ... squarely places much of the blame on Jewish authorities and on the (Jewish ...
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