Samson in rabbinic literature x. 13), was a member of that clan (comp. I Chronicles iv. 3). The name "Samson" is derived from "shemesh" ("sun"), so that Samson bore the name of God, who is also "a sun and shield" (Psalm lxxxiv. 12 [A. V. 11]); and as God protected Israel, so did Samson watch over it in his generation, judging the people even as did God. Samson's strength was divinely derived (Sotah 10a); and he further resembled God in requiring neither aid nor help (Genesis Rabba xcviii. 18). In the blessings which Jacob pronounced on the tribe of Dan (Genesis xlix. 16-17) he
Cultural references to Samson of bees in the lion which Samson had killed, with Samson's riddle "Out of the strong came forth sweetness". The famous Harland & Wolff cranes in Belfast are known as Samson and Goliath (cranes) respectively. Annual parades of Samson figure in 10 different villages in the Lungau, Salzburg (state) and two villages in the north-west Steiermark (Austria). For more information see Wikipedia in German or French . Samson is also one of the giant figures at the "Ducasse" festivities, which takes place at Ath, Belgium. In a 1967 "Lost in Space" episode, "Collision of Planets," Dr. Smith gains Samson-like strength