Noun

daimon

1. A tutelary spirit that guides a person; a genius.
   • 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, Oliver Wendell Holmes, 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.

Derived terms

• daimonic

Daimon may refer to:

Places

• Daimon, Toyama, Chūbu, Honshū, Japan

People

• Daimon Shelton (born 1972), professional American football player
• Mikishi Daimon (born 1956), Japanese politician

In fiction

• Daimon (Dark-Hunter), an antagonist in the Dark-Hunter book series
• Daimon (Sailor Moon), a series of antagonists in the Sailor Moon metaseries
• Daimon (Star Trek), a fictional Ferengi rank in the Star Trek universe
• Daimon Hellstrom, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Goro Daimon, a character in The King of Fighters series of fighting games
• Daimones, a term for computerized sub-personalities, are a major story element in the novel Aristoi by Walter Jon Williams