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Yifalchunbee! (Take Charge!)

Golem is a supernatural being of clay, made and given life to obey a rabbi. It was created to protect the Jewish people in times of war or genocide, one in specific was made in the ghetto of Vitsyebsk. They are usually under the employ of Rabbis, or the descendant of the Rabbis, that animated them.

Characteristics[]

One golem was created and was under the employ of the Judah Initiative, a group of rabbis fighting a secret war against the Thules. It is sentient and is capable of speech, and is keen on voicing opinions. However, its actions are generally limited, depending on the orders of the rabbi it was bound to.

Golems are typically aggressive and brutal, built for war and protection. Despite this they will not kill without order, and are capable of understanding what is good, as seen when one acknowledged both Dean and Sam to be allies, after learning that they descended from the Men of Letters.

A golem has a bulky physique and a huge build; it is also very heavy, as every step it took creates an audible thudding sound from where it stood. It is far larger than even tall full-grown men, such as Sam Winchester.

Golemscroll

The Scroll inside the Golem.

The golem has a scroll on its mouth where its owner would write his name. Upon doing so, the rabbi would gain complete control of the golem. Ownership over the Golem is passed on, by inheritance, to the next master, usually a relative of the previous master, but if that person fails to have his or her name written on the scroll that animates the Golem, then the Golem will still remain somewhat loyal to its new master, though magic can be used to usurp ownership by forcibly taking the scroll from the Golem and the caster having their name written instead. Once written, the scroll must then be returned inside of the Golem, and only then will it acknowledge its new master. When ownership of the golem is contested or when the scroll is removed, the golem is incapacitated.

Instead of blood, a golem leaves behind bits of clay when it is damaged.

A golem can be destroyed by destroying its scroll. If the scroll is destroyed, the golem turns into a figure of hardened clay.

History[]

Supernatural[]

In 1944, the Judah Initiative constructed a Golem in the ghettos of Vitsyebsk to combat the Thule. The Golem assaulted the Thule headquarters in Vitsyebsk, slaughtering numerous German soldiers and a large chunk of the Thule membership. The Thule leader, Eckhart manages to escape the Golem using the Cloaking Flame spell, losing the Ledger of the Thules in the process.

Over the next seventy years, the Golem falls under the command of various Judah members, eventually ending up in the care of Rabbi Isaac Bass, the last surviving member of the Judah Initiative. Rabbi Bass grooms his grandson Aaron to take control of the Golem once he's gone, but Aaron never takes it seriously and smokes the instruction manual for the Golem.

Season 8[]

In Everybody Hates Hitler, following the death of Rabbi Bass, the Golem fell into the possession of Aaron who lacked the knowledge of how to take full control of him, as he smoked the instruction manual by using it as rolling papers, as the manual had been printed on vellum. The Golem was greatly frustrated with Aaron's inability to truly command him but still served Aaron anyway, aiding him in his investigation into the murder of his grandfather.

While investigating the death of Rabbi Bass, the Golem and Aaron met the Winchesters who offered to store the Golem in the Men of Letters bunker for Aaron who had no real desire to have control of the Golem. The group comes into conflict with the Thule, whose member Torvald nearly kills Aaron and Sam Winchester with a dart spell. The Golem kills Torvald and breaks the spell, but four Thule, led by Eckhart, arrive to retrieve the ledger. Eckhart is able to stop the Golem with a binding spell and explains to Aaron how to take true control of him. Eventually, the Winchesters kill Eckhart and two other Thule, but Heintz escapes while using Aaron and the Golem as shields.

After disposing of the bodies of the Thule members, Aaron decides to take up the role of a Judah member and to this end, he finally takes full control of the Golem who acknowledges Aaron's control over him.

Season 12[]

In The One You've Been Waiting For, in 2016, the Winchesters contact Aaron about possible Thule activity. Aaron tells them that he and the Golem have been using the names listed in the Thule ledger to hunt down all of the Thule. According to Aaron, they have killed half of the Thule with Aaron killing six and the Golem killing the rest.

The Winchesters[]

In Suspicious Minds, Jack Wilcox uses a golem to keep John Winchester at bay while he prepares to transfer his wife's consciousness into Mary Campbell's body. As the Golem is wearing a muzzle, neither John nor Mary are able to remove his scroll in the fight that follows. Mary manages to kick the Golem headfirst into the incinerator and then slams the door shut on him, decapitating the Golem. However, even without his head attached, the Golem remains animated and continues to blindly attack, approaching Jack in his wild swinging. Activating the incinerator, Mary burns the Golem's head and scroll to ash. With the scroll destroyed, the Golem turns into hardened clay and collapses onto Jack, crushing and killing him in the process.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Super strength - A Golem has enough strength to easily overpower and snap a human's neck. In one instance, it was able to rip a human in half. It can throw a full-grown man a few feet into the air, and can easily smash through walls.
  • Invulnerability - A Golem is not affected by conventional human weapons such as guns or knives. It is also unaffected by magically imbued poisonous darts.
  • Immortality - Not being an actual being, it doesn't age or die by conventional methods.
  • Super stamina - Golems do not tire or stop unless commanded so by their rabbi.

Weaknesses[]

GolemClay

The clay left when the Golem is damaged.

  • Binding - A certain binding spell is capable of incapacitating it for an indefinite length of time.
  • Scroll Removal - Removal of the scroll in its mouth, as well as contesting its ownership, will incapacitate the golem until the scroll is returned.
  • Scroll Destruction - Destroying a golem's scroll destroys the golem itself, turning it into a figure of hardened clay.

Appearances[]

Supernatural[]

The Winchesters[]

Trivia[]

  • In the beginning scene of the episode, when the golem attacks the Nazi compound, the Wilhelm scream is played in the background.
  • The idea of a "golem," a manipulable soldier made out of magically animated mud or clay created to protect Jews during pogroms or other times of antisemitism, actually is a part of European-Jewish folklore and mythology. The earliest-known written description of a golem's creation dates from the late 1100s or early 1200s. The most famous version of the golem myth comes from 16th-Century Prague, where a Rabbi named Judah Loew ben Bezalel was fabled to have created a golem to protect Prague's Jews from pogroms.
  • John DeSantis, the actor that portrays the Golem also portrayed Freeman Daggett in Season 3, the Scarecrow in "Fan Fiction" and Moloch in "The Memory Remains".
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