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I'd bet good money it's not knowledge of the Jewish religion but RPG/videogames at the origin of the awareness of this word among most males...



Also, could be a lot of males familiar with the LOTR series, and mistaking golem for the character gollum. Easy mistake to make if you didn't read the books.


I second that. The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word golem is the pokémon...




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