cacodemon
Sign in to saveA cacodemon (also spelled cacodaemon, cacodaimon, kakodemon, kakodaemon, or kakodaimon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon. The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel. The word cacodemon comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek , meaning an "evil spirit", whereas daimon would be a neutral spirit in Greek. It is believed to be capable of shapeshifting. A cacodemon is also said to be a malevolent person. A cacodemon is depicted as a horned (or winged browed) youth with oversized genitalia trailing between his legs in Greek myt
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It sits within the topics 16th-century neologisms, Daimons and Demons.
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Key facts
- Mythical creature.name
- Cacodemon
- Mythical creature.AKA
- Cacodaemon
- Mythical creature.image
- Ill dict infernal p0144-128 cacodemon.jpg
- Mythical creature.caption
- Louis Le Breton's illustration of a cacodemon from the Dictionnaire Infernal (1863)
- Mythical creature.Grouping
- Evil spirit
- Mythical creature.Sub_Grouping
- Demon
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- demon
- Image
- Ill dict infernal p0144-128 cacodemon.jpg
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A cacodemon (also spelled cacodaemon, cacodaimon, kakodemon, kakodaemon, or kakodaimon) is an evil spirit or (in the modern sense of the word) a demon. The opposite of a cacodemon is an agathodaemon or eudaemon, a good spirit or angel. The word cacodemon comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek , meaning an "evil spirit", whereas daimon would be a neutral spirit in Greek. It is believed to be capable of shapeshifting. A cacodemon is also said to be a malevolent person. A cacodemon is depicted as a horned (or winged browed) youth with oversized genitalia trailing between his legs in Greek mythology.
In psychology, cacodemonia (or cacodemonomania) is a form of insanity in which the patient believes that they are possessed by an evil spirit. The first known occurrence of the word cacodemon dates to 1593.
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