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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cacodemon, cacodaemonnoun

    an evil spirit

Wiktionary

  1. cacodaemonnoun

    Wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).

  2. cacodaemonnoun

    Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.

  3. cacodaemonnoun

    nightmare

  4. Etymology: From κακοδαίμων, combination of: and.

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  1. cacodaemon

    A cacodemon (or cacodaemon) 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 κακοδαίμων kakodaimōn, 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. 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. In William Shakespeare's Richard III Act 1 Scene 3, Queen Margaret calls Richard a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations. In John Fletcher's The Knight of Malta, Norandine calls Mountferrat, the play's villain, a "cacodemon" in the final scene. In The Arbatel de Magi Veterum, written in 1575, the word Cacodemon is described as one of the Seven. In astrology, the 12th house was once called the Cacodemon for its association with evil. Defined it as "a noise-making devil", Jane Davidson has noted an illustrated example of a cacodemon in editions of Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Monstrum Historia (Story of Monsters) as late as 1696.

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  1. cacodaemon

    A cacodaemon is an evil spirit or a demon. It originates from Greek mythology, where 'kakodaimōn' represents an evil or harmful spirit. The term is quite the opposite of an 'agathodaemon' or a benevolent spirit.

Mythology

  1. Cacodaemon

    (Cac′odae′mon). The Greek name of an evil spirit.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cacodaemon in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cacodaemon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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