[gothic-l] Re: Golem, Yiddish Frankenstein

[czobor at CANTACUZINO.RO]

--- In gothic-l at y..., l_labkovsky at h... wrote:
>  My previous posting about Golem wasn't posted, so I repeat. One
> proof that East European Jews descend partially from Ostrogoths
could
> be the Golem. Golem is a Frankestein-like monster from the Yiddish
> folklore and according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition,
> he is a Gothic character. So how come EE Jews are the only ethnic
> group to have a Gothic folklore other than Goths themselves? Golem
> has nothing to do with the Torah or such. So the plot thickens!

Sorry, Mr. Labkovsky, but in this case "Gothic" has a different
meaning (a kind of modern horror-literature) that has nothing to do
with the ancient Germanic people of the Goths and their language, as
it is the case also with the mediaeval Gothic architectural style.
Golem, as well as Frankenstein, Dracula, Nosferatu, etc. have nothing
to do with the ancient Goths (it's like asserting that every romance
[in the sense of a literary genre] is Latin...)

Francisc


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