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The Ancient Greek: δαίμων, spelled 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 later the daimons of 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, tutelary deities, or the forces of fate.[5] See also daimonic: a religious, philosophical, literary and psychological concept.
- ^ A. Delahunty, From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (p. 90), Oxford University Press, 2008 ISBN 0199543690
- ^ J. Cresswell, Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (p. 146), Oxford University Press, 2014.
- ^ daimōn "δαίμων". A Greek–English Lexicon.
- ^ "Demon", Etymology Online
- ^ 2323243 Perseus Digital Library Consulted 2017-05-05