Animated by invoking the name of a deity? An odd method, but the basic premise is similar, despite our very different worlds.

[And Qubit is correct in his assumption as to why Carlisle is uncomfortable with the very concept. The clergyman shudders.]

It is too akin to necromancy for my taste, bringing to life that which should not live. And there are tales of golemancers who have taken it that far, building constructs to house the remnants of their loved ones.