Re:The Origin of the word Daemon (2002)
by mirimir on Sunday February 04, 2018 @05:10PM
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Sure, but where did the Greeks get it from? According to the Wikipedia article, it came from the Proto-Indo-European word "*dai-mon". And they were considered benevolent, like Hindu devas. Unlike Roman, Zoroastrian and Christian demons.
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Re:The Origin of the word Daemon (2002)
by zerostar07 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @05:38PM
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The romans did not have an evil conception of them either.
Maybe I misinterpreted what I read.[0]
> There are three Latin words for demons, ghosts and evil spirits. The first, the word 'daemon' is borrowed from Greek daimon and is not very common until Christianity takes hold. The other two words are much more common in the time of Virgil and Ovid.
So maybe daemōnēs were considered beneficial, as in Greek.
0) https://flavias.blogspot.de/2010/08/demon-in-toilet_14.html