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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 and Tychodaimon would be a good spirit. In psychology, cacodemonia (or cacodemomania) 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 1398. In Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' Act 1 Scene 3, Queen Margaret calls Richard a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations.〔(Richard III.1.3 )〕 ==In popular culture== *In the book The Magicians by Lev Grossman, the main characters each have a Cacodemon magically implanted into their backs. * Kelley Armstrong's ''Otherworld'' novels feature cacodemons and eudemons, some of whom have produced semi-human-like progeny; in this context eudemons are not so much "good" as "non-chaotic". *Deicide's second album, ''Legion'', contains a song called "Satan Spawn, The Caco-Daemon". *There is a painting by Paul Klee called ''Cacodaemonic'' (1916) *There is a boulder in Squamish, Canada called Cacodemon, it is the location of the climb Dreamcatcher, a 5.14d (9a) first climbed by Chris Sharma. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cacodemon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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