Even in Jewish folklore, they could be made of any collection of inanimate objects not just mud or clay.

On top of that, the very first golem mentioned was Adam; the first human.

when they go high, I golem

I fucking love Golem lore. They're my favorite thing.

Thank you for educating me about the Golem of Prague.

D&D beat Minecraft to weird golem variants by about 35 years.

Thank you for creating cupric content!

I wish I had a Golem.

Thank you for posting golem content.

we can blame Gary Gygax for the modern idea of what a golem is. That uneducated fat fuck is personally responsible for more anachronisms in historical arms and armor in media than I can count and his disregard for the mythologies he "borrowed" from is just as bad.

https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Golem_(5e)

In several game systems, golems have been various animated materials for a very long time.