daimon

1. An inferior deity, such as a deified hero.
2. An attendant spirit; a genius.

[Greek daimōn.]

In Plato's Symposium, something intermediate between the human and the divine, although in previous Greek thought just the divine, not personalized as any one particular God. The need for intermediaries between the sublunar world of change and happenstance, and the supralunary or timeless celestial world, becomes a staple of Middle Platonism and Neoplatonism. A daimon can also refer to one's self, or an aspect of oneself: this is the usage that survives in phrases like ‘Van Gogh's artistic demon’.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
  Synonyms: devil, fiend, demon, daemon

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Daimon (δαίμων) is an Ancient Greek word referring to lesser supernatural beings, including minor gods and the spirits of dead heroes. It may also refer to:

Places

• Daimon, Toyama, Chūbu, Honshū, Japan

lord, god, elohim (El).

People

• Daimon Shelton (born 1972), professional American football player
• Mikishi Daimon (born 1956), Japanese politician

In fiction

• Daimon (Dark-Hunter), an antagonist in the Dark-Hunter book series
• Daimon (Sailor Moon), a series of antagonists in the Sailor Moon metaseries
• Daimon (Star Trek), a fictional Ferengi rank in the Star Trek universe
• Daimon Hellstrom, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Goro Daimon, a character in The King of Fighters series of fighting games
• Daimones, a term for computerized sub-personalities, are a major story element in the novel Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams
• Masaru Daimon, a Character in Digimon Savers

See also

• Daemon
• Daimonic

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