"A small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law."
That phylactery?
More likely the D&D/fantasy version. Harry Potter called them “horcruxes”. Keep your soul in a box and whatever happens to your body, you can’t truly die.
But I didn’t know they were based on Jewish mythology, so thanks for that TIL!
I’m not sure that the phylactery in D&D is based on Jewish practices. The word comes from Latin and referred to something sacred/guarded and could be a place or even an amulet.
The term is being used appropriately in D&D and Jewish peoples also use it for their beliefs. Another guy posted he might stop using it because of the Jewish connotations, which that’s totally up to them but I don’t think it’s exclusive.
Then again, perhaps Latin created a word from seeing Jewish practices. I don’t know. I’m just a dude on the internet.
Thank you, Mr Dude on the Internet! As is tradition, I will take your word at face value completely without reservation!
-Another Dude on the Internet
Ditto, I had no idea. I knew them as the thing you had to find to defeat a lich in D&D.
Sounds like it's an insensitive term so I'll try to stop using it that way.
"A small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law."
That phylactery?
More likely the D&D/fantasy version. Harry Potter called them “horcruxes”. Keep your soul in a box and whatever happens to your body, you can’t truly die.
But I didn’t know they were based on Jewish mythology, so thanks for that TIL!
I’m not sure that the phylactery in D&D is based on Jewish practices. The word comes from Latin and referred to something sacred/guarded and could be a place or even an amulet.
The term is being used appropriately in D&D and Jewish peoples also use it for their beliefs. Another guy posted he might stop using it because of the Jewish connotations, which that’s totally up to them but I don’t think it’s exclusive.
Then again, perhaps Latin created a word from seeing Jewish practices. I don’t know. I’m just a dude on the internet.
Thank you, Mr Dude on the Internet! As is tradition, I will take your word at face value completely without reservation!
-Another Dude on the Internet
Ditto, I had no idea. I knew them as the thing you had to find to defeat a lich in D&D.
Sounds like it's an insensitive term so I'll try to stop using it that way.
TIL. 😳
No, no one would infer Abraham stuff here