There's Gershon's Monster by Eric Kimmel, which is a Baal Shem Tov story I think.
There are also several versions of the story from the Jerusalem Talmud about Rabbi Shimon ben Shetach and the witches: Marilyn Hirsh's The Rabbi and the Twenty-Nine Witches, and stories in various anthologies of children's stories or folktales like Elijah's Violin. I suppose the Golem represents an attempt to do good gone bad. And there are demons in many folktales, including some with King Solomon, some of which make it to children's books. Rose Myers Edith Scheinberg Library Hillel Academy Fairfield, CT Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
