DAIMON VS DEMON -The History Of Demons

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Remember, a demon is an evil spirit, a daemon is a good spirit. The word daemon is derived from the Greek term daimōn. A more recent meaning of the word daemon is a computer process that runs in the background. An alternate spelling for daemon is daimon. - https://grammarist.com › usage › demon-vs-daemon

DAIMON:

(tutelary deity) (en noun)
  • A tutelary spirit that guides a person; a genius; a lar.
  • * 1891, Walter James Hoffman, The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa
The object which first appears is adopted as the personal mystery, guardian spirit, or tutelary daimon of the entranced, and is never mentioned by him without first making a sacrifice.
  • * 1900, , Over the Teacups
All at once, my daimon —that other Me over whom I button my waistcoat when I button it over my own person—put it into my head to look up the story of Madame Saqui.
  • * 1960, Charles I. Glicksberg, Norman Mailer: The Angry Young Novelist in America'', in ''Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature , vol. 1, no. 1
He will release his pent-up rage and fear no evil, for his genius is with him, and his daimon bids him violate all the taboos of the literary marketplace.
  • *1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.27:
  • *:Marcus Aurelius is persuaded that God gives every man a special daimon as his guide – a belief which reappears in the Christian guardian angel.

Derived terms

* daimonic

References

* Oxford English Dictionary, second edition.

DEMON:

Alternative forms

* daemon, (typically only used today for the sense of 'a Greek or Roman godling' ) * daimon (''typically only used in the sense of 'inner spirit' or 'personal guardian')

Noun

(en noun)
  • An evil spirit.
  • A fallen angel or Satanic divinity; a false god.
  • One’s inner spirit or genius, a daimon.
  • (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A genius, a lar, the protective spirit or godling of a place, household, or individual.
  • A foible; a flaw in a person’s character.
The demon of stupidity haunts me whenever I open my mouth.
  • Someone of remarkable or diabolical energy or ability.
He’s a demon at the card tables.
  • (figurative) Anything with malevolent effects.
the demon drink

Usage notes

The original Greek and Roman meanings often employ synonyms or the variant spellings daimon' or ' daemon to differentiate them from the more common ecclesiastical sense.

Resource: https://wikidiff.com/daimon/demon 

 

Viideo Bibliography:

Archie Wright, “Some Observations of Philo’s “De Gigantibus” and Evil Spirits in Second Temple Judaism,” Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Period, Vol. 36, No. 4 (2005, 471-488.

Dale Martin, “When Did Angels Become Demons?” Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 129, No 4 (Winter 2010), 657-677.

David Frankfurter, “Master-Demons, Local Spirits, and Demonology in the Roman Mediterranean World: An Afterword to Rita Lucarelli,” Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 11 (2011), 126-131.

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