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Demons and Daemons

11 replies · 2,569 views · Started 04 May 2002

Dracula 04 May 2002, 02:06

I don't think there is really a dif... except Daemon is latin, Demon is english... If there is a difference, I'll let you know. I'm a pro at this stuff 😉

Daarkseid 04 May 2002, 02:23

Originally posted by Predcon1
Well, yeah. I mean, are daemons like familiars?

I've heard the spelling daemon used such, I think in some occult religions or whatever, and then in that wonderful fantasy novel, The Golden Compass, where everybody has a "Daemon", or familiar that they're born with.

Jigglysaint 04 May 2002, 02:33

Originally posted by Daarkseid

I've heard the spelling daemon used such, I think in some occult religions or whatever, and then in that wonderful fantasy novel, The Golden Compass, where everybody has a "Daemon", or familiar that they're born with.

Almost like having a Pokemon or a Digimon from the time your born. Hey, that would make a great(ratingswise)Anime for when all the others go the way of the Pikachu.

DarkDragon 04 May 2002, 02:35

I think Daemon is just an alternate spelling of Demon used by some Brits... not positive, though.
Daemon is also a computer programming that sits around, passively reacting to certain situations, (The mail server code being the most frequently cited example) although I doubt Daemon originated in that context.

Predcon1 04 May 2002, 03:20

Originally posted by Daarkseid

I've heard the spelling daemon used such, I think in some occult religions or whatever, and then in that wonderful fantasy novel, The Golden Compass, where everybody has a "Daemon", or familiar that they're born with.

Ah, yes. Phillip Pullman. I read The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, but I have yet to read The Amber Spyglass.

plith 04 May 2002, 03:24

Same here. I read the first two, and it wasn't for another three or four years till he gets the third one out. No fucking way I'm gonna re-read the first two just to understand the last one.

Daarkseid 04 May 2002, 03:36

So thats what the third book is called! I read the Golden Compass, and most of a proof reader's copy of the Subtle Knife, but I didn't know what the third book was called... I need to get those books again though.