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These tales saw a dramatic change, and some would
argue a Christianization, of the golem.
The golem became a creation of overambitious and
overreaching mystics, who would inevitably be punished
for their blasphemy, as in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
and the alchemical homunculus.
The homunculus appears
occasionally in the folklore of Eastern Europe as a
construct made from natural materials such as dirt,
roots, insects, feces, and other substances. In these
stories the creature is revived through incantation and
acts as a vehicle for the astrally projected mind of a
sorcerer.
Dutch novelist, Harry Mulisch's 1999 Novel, "the
Procedure" is in part a modern re-interpretation of the
Golem myth, starting with a 'historical' description of
the kabbalistic experiment which results in a murderous
female Golem.
Golem - The Golem in the Czech Republic
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