homunculus

It was, as Crook told Henderson, a homunculus: one of a set of tiny prophets, or magical spirits, who lived in glass jars full of water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

I filed the broken homunculus discovery in the “does not compute” folder of my brain and tried to work on other projects.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

It shows the homunculus stretched out over the brain’s surface, a small body with enlarged mouth, hands and feet, each part exaggerated in proportion to the amount of neural real estate occupied.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

The imagery of the distorted figure of the homunculus, with outsized lips and hands, was so compelling that it took on a life of its own.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 21, 2023

In return, Pierre reported on the manufacture of a homunculus in a glass vial.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Clea vanished seven years ago, and Michael’s dad suggests that the homunculi — which he learned about from an Italian alchemist in Egypt — might be able to tell him what happened to her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The myth of artificial life, from homunculi and cyborgs to robots and androids, is the focus of an exhibition about the Golem at the Jewish Museum Berlin.

From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016

We had been eager to interview Ms. Holmes about small men — the homunculi who infest her character’s house in the movie.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2011

Another Irishman, James Nesbitt, was tipped to play Bofur the dwarf, one of the 12 bearded homunculi who arrive at Baggins's hobbit hole with Gandalf in JRR Tolkien's classic fantasy tale.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2010

Thus it is common to hear hardware or software talked about as though it has homunculi talking to each other inside it, with intentions and desires.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele