Golems

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem


"In some tales, (for example those of the Golem of Chelm and the Golem of Prague) a golem is inscribed with Hebrew words that keep it animated. The word emet (אמת, "truth" in the Hebrew language) written on a golem's forehead is one such example. The golem could then be deactivated by removing the aleph (א) in emet, thus changing the inscription from 'truth' to 'death' (met מת, "dead"). Legend and folklore suggest that golems could be activated by writing a specific series of letters on parchment and placing the paper in a golem's mouth"


potential for comparing to the significant roles that "truth" and "death" play in the Lordship and Bondage section of the Phenomenology, another narrative of servant / master relations gone wrong. 


maybe worth comparing to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein