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Kyōrinrin · salience 0.8

“The "kyō" of its name means sutra, and the creature does not so much haunt the neglected scriptures as wear them: the scrolls themselves, left unread, rise up animated.”

Golem

“The Golem is animated through Kabbalistic ritual: its creator inscribes or places sacred Hebrew letters or divine names upon it, most commonly the word "emet" (truth) on its forehead, or a parchment bearing the Tetragrammaton placed in its mouth.”