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Enkidu · salience 0.9

“Enkidu is created in the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh at the request of the god Anu, formed by the goddess Aruru out of clay to be a rival strong enough to check the king Gilgamesh, whose demands on the people of Uruk have grown intolerable.”

Golem

“In Jewish folklore, the Golem is an animate being sculpted from clay or mud and brought to life through sacred Hebrew names or letters, most famously by Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague.”