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A '''cacodemon''' (or ''' | 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 (mythology)|eudaemon]]'', a good spirit or [[angel]]. The word ''cacodemon'' comes through Latin from the Ancient Greek {{Lang|grc|κακοδαίμων}} {{Transliteration|grc|kakodaimōn}}, meaning an "evil spirit", whereas ''[[daemon (classical mythology)|daimon]]'' would be a neutral spirit in Greek. It is believed to be capable of [[shapeshifting]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Spence |first=Lewis |authorlink=Lewis Spence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOcoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 |title=An Encyclopædia of Occultism |place=Mineola, New York |publisher=Dover Publications |year=2003 |orig-year=1920 |page=84 |isbn=0-486-42613-0}}</ref> A cacodemon is also said to be a malevolent person, A Cacodaemon is depicted as a horned (or winged browed) youth with oversized genitalia trailing between his legs in Greek mythology.{{cn|date=December 2025}} | ||
In [[psychology]], cacodemonia (or [[wikt:cacodemonomania|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.<!-- OED: [1398 TREVISA Barth. De P.R. II. xix. (1495) 45 Plato in Cuneo callith the deuyll Cachodemon, that is to vnderstonde knowynge euyll.] --> | In [[psychology]], cacodemonia (or [[wikt:cacodemonomania|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.<!-- OED: [1398 TREVISA Barth. De P.R. II. xix. (1495) 45 Plato in Cuneo callith the deuyll Cachodemon, that is to vnderstonde knowynge euyll.] --> | ||
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*In [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' Act 1 Scene 3, [[Margaret of Anjou|Queen Margaret]] calls [[Richard III of England|Richard]] a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shakespeare |first=William |author-link=William Shakespeare |title=Act 1, Scene 3 |url=http://shakespeare.mit.edu/richardiii/richardiii.1.3.html |access-date=2020-02-19 |work=The Life and Death of Richard the Third |via=shakespeare.mit.edu}}</ref> | *In [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' Act 1 Scene 3, [[Margaret of Anjou|Queen Margaret]] calls [[Richard III of England|Richard]] a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shakespeare |first=William |author-link=William Shakespeare |title=Act 1, Scene 3 |url=http://shakespeare.mit.edu/richardiii/richardiii.1.3.html |access-date=2020-02-19 |work=The Life and Death of Richard the Third |via=shakespeare.mit.edu}}</ref> | ||
*In [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]]'s ''[[The Knight of Malta]]'', Norandine calls Mountferrat, the play's villain, a "cacodemon" in the final scene.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Francis |first1=Beaumont |url=https://archive.org/details/BeaumontFletcher1647/page/n615 |title=Comedies and Tragedies |last2=John |first2=Fletcher |author-link2=John Fletcher (playwright) |publisher=Printed for [[Humphrey Robinson]], at the three Pidgeons, and for [[Humphrey Moseley]] at the Princes Armes in St Paul's Church-yard |year=1647 |place=London |page=95 |authorlink1=Francis Beaumont}}</ref> | *In [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]]'s ''[[The Knight of Malta]]'', Norandine calls Mountferrat, the play's villain, a "cacodemon" in the final scene.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Francis |first1=Beaumont |url=https://archive.org/details/BeaumontFletcher1647/page/n615 |title=Comedies and Tragedies |last2=John |first2=Fletcher |author-link2=John Fletcher (playwright) |publisher=Printed for [[Humphrey Robinson]], at the three Pidgeons, and for [[Humphrey Moseley]] at the Princes Armes in St Paul's Church-yard |year=1647 |place=London |page=95 |authorlink1=Francis Beaumont}}</ref> | ||
*A cacodemon enemy appears in the ''[[Doom (franchise)|Doom]]'' video game series, starting with the [[Doom (1993 video game)|first game]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savo |first=Mia |title=Players and Villains: Role of Antagonists In Video Games |url=https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/94f2a060-a0db-42b8-b9f1-b7cfa3e23cf3/content |access-date=2024-06-30 |page=42 |year=2022}}</ref> | *A cacodemon enemy appears in the ''[[Doom (franchise)|Doom]]'' video game series, starting with the [[Doom (1993 video game)|first game]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savo |first=Mia |title=Players and Villains: Role of Antagonists In Video Games |url=https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/94f2a060-a0db-42b8-b9f1-b7cfa3e23cf3/content |access-date=2024-06-30 |page=42 |year=2022}}</ref> | ||
*In the [[Rick Riordan]] novels ''[[The Sun and the Star]]'' and ''[[The Court of the Dead]]'', a dozen cacodemons are created by the primordial goddess Nyx out of [[Nico di Angelo]]'s emotions. Affectionately dubbed the Coco Puffs, the cacodemons act as embodiments of Nico's various emotions and help him and Will Solace out on their quests. | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 15 December 2025
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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 Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "lang"., meaning an "evil spirit", whereas daimon would be a neutral spirit in Greek. It is believed to be capable of shapeshifting.[1] A cacodemon is also said to be a malevolent person, A Cacodaemon is depicted as a horned (or winged browed) youth with oversized genitalia trailing between his legs in Greek mythology.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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 astrology, the 12th house was once called the Cacodemon for its association with evil.[2][3] Defined 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.[4]
Examples
- There is a painting by Paul Klee called Cacodaemonic (1916).[5]
- In William Shakespeare's Richard III Act 1 Scene 3, Queen Margaret calls Richard a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations.[6]
- In John Fletcher's The Knight of Malta, Norandine calls Mountferrat, the play's villain, a "cacodemon" in the final scene.[7]
- A cacodemon enemy appears in the Doom video game series, starting with the first game in 1993.[8]
- In the Rick Riordan novels The Sun and the Star and The Court of the Dead, a dozen cacodemons are created by the primordial goddess Nyx out of Nico di Angelo's emotions. Affectionately dubbed the Coco Puffs, the cacodemons act as embodiments of Nico's various emotions and help him and Will Solace out on their quests.
See also
References
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