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Golem, as the name suggests, is based on a {{wp|golem}}, more specifically on representations in modern {{wp|role-playing game}}s, which usually are {{wp|ogre}}-like creatures whose bodies are covered in, or made of, stones. | Golem, as the name suggests, is based on a {{wp|golem}}, more specifically on representations in modern {{wp|role-playing game}}s, which usually are {{wp|ogre}}-like creatures whose bodies are covered in, or made of, stones. It could also have been inspired by the tsuchikorobi, a Japanese {{wp|yōkai}} known as the 'tumbling monster', for its habit of rolling over travellers and crushing them, as Golem does. | ||
It might also based on {{wp|tortoise}}s, which are believed to hold the world on their backs in many myths, including the {{wp|Hindu mythology|Hindu}}, {{wp|Chinese mythology|Chinese}}, and {{wp|Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American mythologies}}. Its "shell" may represent the {{wp|Plate tectonics|tectonic plates}} of Earth. It also resembles {{wp|Concretion#Septarian_concretions|septarian nodules}}. | It might also based on {{wp|tortoise}}s, which are believed to hold the world on their backs in many myths, including the {{wp|Hindu mythology|Hindu}}, {{wp|Chinese mythology|Chinese}}, and {{wp|Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American mythologies}}. Its "shell" may represent the {{wp|Plate tectonics|tectonic plates}} of Earth. It also resembles {{wp|Concretion#Septarian_concretions|septarian nodules}}. | ||