This week, on Myths and Legends, we're finishing up the story of the Golem of Prague,

and you'll see the very first text message from God, as well as how to avoid going up against a terrifying

Golem. Just don't be a horrible person. That was actually pretty easy. The creature this week is

the funeral mountain terror shot, Turtle Casket Dogs, who just want to spend a weekend in Las Vegas.

This is Myths and Legends, Episode 107b, to Dust You Shall Return.

This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly popular

stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories that might be new to you,

but are definitely worth listening. Previously on the podcast, we met a rabbi by the name of Judah

Lo, also known as the Maharell, who lived in 16th century Prague. His life was plagued by the

threat of a blood libel, rising from the anti-Semitic myth that Jews baked the blood of Christians

into their Mots as it passed over. In response to the increased danger led by a priest named Thaddeus,

the Maharell was given a command by God to create a Golem, a mindless claimant, and a super strong

defender of the Jewish population of Prague. It was just before Passover, and the Maharell

gathered everyone together. It had been a difficult few years, but there hadn't been a blood

libel in nearly a decade. They were in the synagogue, and the Maharell was breeding from the sitter.

He knew it by heart, of course, but he still liked to read it. He asked him to lay a candle so

he could see the words, and the wick took the flame, and then sputtered out. All the people assembled

there thought it strange, and so he tried again, and again, the wick lit briefly, then went out.

The Maharell group pale and asked everyone to follow him into the hallway,

where there were plenty of burning candles. As he stood before the candles, he resumed his

reading, saying, all the love in my possession, and then he paused. There were words in there,

new words. In the dim light of the candle, he thought he saw in the five, and so he read it aloud,

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