Plural of daimon; spirits or supernatural beings in Greek philosophy viewed as intermediaries between divine and human realms.
From Greek 'daimones' (δαίμονες). The English spelling 'daimons' preserves the Greek pronunciation more directly than the Latinized 'demons' form.
The moment Christianity took over Europe, daimons stopped being morally neutral advisors and became demons—one of history's most dramatic character assassinations of an entire category of supernatural being.
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