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[–] Pyro@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I've never heard of daemons outside a programming context

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They were divine beings above humans and below gods, they're probably the main inspiration for both angels and demons in Christianity

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago

They were demons but with a funny æ

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope, daemon is just the Latin spelling. Sometimes we use it nowadays for fun to mean different things.

[–] vanillama@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

In religious studies, daemon or daimon is used to refer to pre Christian supernatural beings as I said. There's a huge difference between beings that may or may not be evil vs demons who are generally regarded as evil by definition. Demons got their name from daimons, but they're not fully equivalent.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] zerofk@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Stop poking meeeeee!

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Cool. Looks fun. Thanks.

[–] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 1 month ago
[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago

They appear in Warhammer a fair bit.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Maxwell had one!