Letter
The letter denotes communication through charged writing, often ominous with betrayal or death; folklore uses letters in love, reply, and secrecy rituals.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Jewish folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Golem bears Jewish folklore
why
… through sacred Hebrew names or letters, most famously by Rabbi Judah …