Golem

For the demons in Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II, see Stone Golem, Clay Golem, and Bone Golem. For the demon in Shin Megami Tensei II, see Golem (Shin Megami Tensei II).

Golem
ゴーレム
Artwork from Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
Origin	Judaism
Race(s)	Oni

Golem is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

The Golem is an automaton in Jewish mysticism. They are activated by writing emet, meaning truth, on the forehead, but by removing the א aleph, it makes met, meaning dead; doing this causes them to crumble and turn to dust. The dust or dirt with which Adam was created by YHWH during Genesis would be put together, and prior to him becoming 100% human, he was, in Talmudic views, a golem.

A 1580 folk tale tells of the Golem of Prague. At the time, Jews of Prague were being attacked by thugs over blood libel conspiracies. The Maharal, Rabbi Judah Loew, went to the river's edge to construct a Golem out of clay to protect the people, writing emet on its forehead and leading it to his home. From there, the Golem would protect the Jews from the conspirator's attacks, ensuring they would never be harmed. One night, the Golem spotted some of the thugs dragging a Christian child to a courtyard, aiming to kill it and frame Jews for the act; the Golem tied them up and brought them to King Rudolph II's palace, where they confessed to using the child's blood for matzah to frame the Jews. Rudolph II then made it law that Jews were not to be harmed, and after months of quiet, Rabbi Loew brought the Golem to the riverbed, removed the aleph, and allowed it to return to the earth from which it came. The reputation of the Golem, along with the new law, proved sufficient to ensure Jews were never harmed again in Prague.

In the modern day, golem is used as an insult, meaning to be dumb, stupid, or otherwise idle, rooted in Sanhedrin 65b:17's description of a man who could speak but not reply.

Design

In its Devil Children series design, Golem appears as a robot with a green monochrome display on its chest reading "Emeth", in reference to the Hebrew word written to bring a golem to life.

Gameplay

Last Bible Special

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Golem 42 422 63	Endurance 21 Intelligence 23 Strength 19 Agility 15 Luck 19
Location Jerusalem
Group Attack Defense XP Macca Drop Drop 2 H 93 105 466 ♄Macca340 Moros Armor (15%) Photon Armor (10%)
Resistances Force Elec Ice Fire Debuff Death PCPoison and Confusion PSParalysis and Sleep NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull RsResist RsResist RsResist RsResist ×0 ×0 ×0 ×0 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25
Basic Attack Hit(s) Hit Rate Attack Rate Spell Rate 1 80% 100% 0%

	Name Level HP MP Golem 42 422 63	Endurance 21 Intelligence 23 Strength 19 Agility 15 Luck 19
Location Jerusalem
Group Attack Defense H 93 105
Resistances Force Elec Ice Fire Debuff Death PCPoison and Confusion PSParalysis and Sleep NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull RsResist RsResist RsResist RsResist ×0 ×0 ×0 ×0 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25 ×¼×0.25
Basic Attack Hit(s) Hit Rate 1 80%

Devil Children Black Book and Red Book

	This section is in need of research.
	Reason: Missing Colosseum drops.

AllyEnemy

	Name Level HP MP Golem 15 154 62	Attack 14 Guard 12 Magic 13 M Guard 12 Speed 15 Luck 11
Location Sand Land
Race Class Type B. ValueBase Value on fusion A. ValueAdditional Value on fusion Fusion EXPExperience points earned by partner Demon when fusing Fuseable Speech Oni Common Earth 34 8 552 ✔ Silent
Resistances Fire Water Earth Metal Wood Sun Moon ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Type Cost Description Learned Magna Earth 5 MP Send rocks to damage one enemy Innate Tackle Earth 15 HP Damage one enemy by tackling Innate Rakukaja Sun 6 MP All allies' Guard up Innate Sukukaja Sun 6 MP All allies' accuracy up Fusion Tarunda Moon 5 MP All enemies' Attack down Pure-Blood Fusion Magnus Earth 10 MP Send rocks to attack one enemy Pure-Blood Fusion
Combos Combo Type Cost Description Demons Earth Hammer Earth 15 MP A rain of rocks strikes all enemies Myrmecolion

NormalColosseum

	Name Level HP MP Golem 15 154 62	Attack 14 Guard 12 Magic 13 M Guard 12 Speed 15 Luck 11
Location Sand Land
Race Class Type EXP Macca Speech Oni Common Earth 92 ♄160 Silent
Resistances Fire Water Earth Metal Wood Sun Moon ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Type Cost Description Magna Earth 5 MP Send rocks to damage one enemy Tackle Earth 15 HP Damage one enemy by tackling Rakukaja Sun 6 MP All allies' Guard up

	Name Level HP MP Golem 15 308 124	Attack 15 Guard 13 Magic 14 M Guard 13 Speed 16 Luck 12
Location Colosseum
Race Class Type EXP Macca Speech Oni Common Earth ? ♄? Silent
Resistances Fire Water Earth Metal Wood Sun Moon ×1 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1 ×1½×1.50 ×1 ×1
Skills Skill Type Cost Description Magna Earth 5 MP Send rocks to damage one enemy Tackle Earth 15 HP Damage one enemy by tackling Rakukaja Sun 6 MP All allies' Guard up

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book	GBC: マホウとカガクの　ちからで　つくられた　キカイじかけの　ロボットデビル PS: 魔法と科学の力で　つくられた　キカイじかけの　ロボットデビル Translation: A mechanical robot Devil created from the power of magic and science.
Devil Children White Book	マホウとカガクの　ちからで　つくられた　キカイじかけの　ロボットデビル Translation: A mechanical robot Devil created from the power of magic and science.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	魔法と　科学の　力で　ぐうぜんに　生まれた　体が　機械で出来ている　ロボット　デビル　命は持っていない Translation: A robot Devil created by chance from the power of magic and science whose body is made of machinery. It does not have a life force.
DemiKids Light Version and Dark Version	A marriage of science and the occult resulted in creating this soulless robot-demon.
Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book	魔法と　科学の　力で　ぐうぜんに　生まれた　体が　機械でできている　ロボット　デビル　命は持っていない Translation: A robot Devil created by chance from the power of magic and science whose body is made of machinery. It does not have a life force.

Manual

Manual Descriptions
Last Bible Special	恐ろしいパワーを持つ、石でできた怪物。その一撃は重く、堅く、どんなものでも砕いてしまうという。ただ、体が大きく重いため、敏捷さに欠ける。 Translation: A stone monster with dreadful power. Its strikes are hard and heavy, and it can completely crush anything with a single punch. However, because of its big and heavy body, it lacks agility.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Golem
Japanese	ゴーレム Gōremu	Golem

Gallery

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  Artwork from Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from the Game Boy version of Last Bible
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  Sprite from the Game Boy Color version of Last Bible
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  Sprite from the Game Gear version of Last Bible
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  Sprite from the Game Boy version of Last Bible II
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  Sprite from the Game Boy Color version of Last Bible II
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  Sprite from Last Bible Special
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  Sprite from Shinyaku Last Bible
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  Sprite from Shinyaku Last Bible II: Hajimari no Fukuin
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  Sprite from Shinyaku Last Bible III: Mugen no Eiyū
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  Sprite from the Game Boy Color version of Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Devil Children Black Book and Red Book
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  Sprite from Devil Children White Book
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  Sprite from Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book and Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book
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  Card SD-032 from Shin Megami Tensei Devil Children Card Game: Maohfūin