MECHA

Talos is a 'bronze man', or robot-like fighting machine, a MECHA built by
Hephaestus and set by Zeus as the guardian of Europa & Crete. Different Greek
myths offer variations, but this seems the main theme. He is honored as a minor
god associated with a spur of the Cretan mountains.

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

In Hindu mythology there is Garuda, who shows some similarities to
Talos, but even more similar is his opponent in his quest to obtain the
Amriti energy of the gods, described as a mechanical contraption with
rotating saw blades in place of arms.

http://www.hinduwiki.com/index.php?title=Garuda


Then there is the pogrom champion, the Golem, created by Hebraic
kabbalistic magic out of clay, sometimes of metal, but a powerful
fighting automaton in any case.

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


The most modern manifestation of this archetype, other than the rather
unsublime industrial robots, is the Mecha -- a very popular creation of
Japanese anime.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumongousMecha


Like the 'monster' in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, all of these MECHA
'creatures' seem to have a lot of human qualities, especially of the
'Shadowy' sort.

Monster Summer Solstice Moon at Poseidon's Temple on Attica's Cape Sounion:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080620.html