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Daimon

The Ancient Greek: δαίμων, pronounced daimon or daemon (meaning "god", "godlike", "power", "fate"),[1][2] originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy.[3] The word is derived from Proto-Indo-European daimon "provider, divider (of fortunes or destinies)," from the root *da- "to divide".[4] Daimons were possibly seen as the souls of men of the golden age acting as tutelary deities, according to entry δαίμων at Liddell & Scott.[5] See also daimonic: a religious, philosophical, literary and psychological concept.

This article is about the semi-divine beings of Classical Greek mythology. For the evil beings associated with the word today, see Demon. For other uses, see Demon (disambiguation) (includes daemon disambiguation) or Daimon (disambiguation).

explores the meanings of daimon among Christians in Roman Africa and exorcism practices that passed seamlessly into Christian ritual.

Maureen A. Tilley, "Exorcism in North Africa: Localizing the (Un)holy"

Cyprian, "On the Vanity of Idols" e-text Daemons inhabiting the images of gods

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol V:

Abstract Personifications (a list of daimones of Greek mythology)