cacodémon
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
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- demon
- Image
- Ill dict infernal p0144-128 cacodemon.jpg
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Article · Français
Cacodémon est un terme d'origine grecque désignant un mauvais démon. Ce terme, dont la racine caco de ce mot se trouve également dans cacophonie, ne se trouve plus dans les dictionnaires modernes. En Normandie, on dit/disait malécauntaunt.
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