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Daimon

Gold ring with Sitting goddess and row of Minoan Genius figures bearing offerings, found in context from Mycenaean Greece, but probably made in Minoan Crete

The daimon δαίμων, spelled daimon or daemon (meaning "god", "godlike", "power", "fate"),[1][2] denotes an "unknown superfactor", which can be both good or hostile.[3]

In ancient Greek religion and mythology a daimon was imagined to be a lesser deity or guiding spirit.[4] The word is derived from Proto-Indo-European daimon "provider, divider (of fortunes or destinies)," from the root *da- "to divide".[5] Daimons were possibly seen as the souls of men of the golden age, tutelary deities, or the forces of fate.[6]

  1. ^ A. Delahunty, From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (p. 90), Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN 0199543690
  2. ^ J. Cresswell, Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (p. 146), Oxford University Press, 2014.
  3. ^ Wiebe, G. (2020, June 30). demons in Christian thought. Oxford Classical Dictionary. Retrieved 12 Dec. 2024, from https://oxfordre.com/classics/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.001.0001/acrefore-9780199381135-e-8290.
  4. ^ daimōn "δαίμων". A Greek–English Lexicon.
  5. ^ "Demon", Etymology Online
  6. ^ 2323243 Perseus Digital Library Consulted 2017-05-05

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