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daemon
PRIMARY MEANINGS OF:
daemon
1
n
an evil supernatural being
2
n
a person who is part mortal and part god
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: daemon
1
n
an evil supernatural being
Synonyms:
daimon
,
demon
,
devil
,
fiend
Types:
incubus
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
succuba
,
succubus
a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
dibbuk
,
dybbuk
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
Type of:
evil spirit
a spirit tending to cause harm
2
n
a person who is part mortal and part god
Synonyms:
demigod
Types:
Adonis
(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
Type of:
deity
,
divinity
,
god
,
immortal
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
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