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The word eudaimon in Greek means having a good attendant spirit, and consequently being happy. It is composed of the words εὖ eu, which means "well" or "good" and δαίμων daimon, which means "divinity, spirit, divine power, fate, or god." [2] [3] [4] Sometimes eudaimon is taken to mean literally "good spirit". [2]
Eunomia (Ευνομία), spirit of good order, and springtime goddess of green pastures; Dike (Δίκη), spirit of justice, may have represented springtime growth; Eirene (Ειρήνη), spirit of peace and goddess of the springtime; The goddesses of springtime growth Thallo (Θαλλώ), goddess of spring buds and shoots, identified with Eirene
In the Archaic or early Classical period, the daimon had been democratized and internalized for each person, whom it served to guide, motivate, and inspire, as one possessed of such good spirits. [citation needed] Similarly, the first-century Roman imperial cult began by venerating the genius or numen of Augustus, a distinction that blurred in ...
Eunomia (Ευνομία), spirit of good order, and springtime goddess of green pastures; Dike (Δίκη), spirit of justice, may have represented springtime growth; Eirene (Ειρήνη), spirit of peace and goddess of the springtime; The goddesses of springtime growth Thallo (Θαλλώ), goddess of spring buds and shoots, identified with Eirene
The occult (from the Latin word occultus "clandestine, hidden, secret") is "knowledge of the hidden". [1] In common usage, occult refers to "knowledge of the paranormal", as opposed to "knowledge of the measurable", [2] usually referred to as science.
Spirits are often classified by the worlds they inhabit: underworld, earth, atmospheric, or heaven. [3] They are also classified as good and bad, or as neutral: the word "devil" is pejorative, but the word "demon" changes the value. [clarification needed] [3] In 17th century Europe, spirits included angels, demons, and disembodied souls.
A nymph (Ancient Greek: νύμφη, romanized: nýmphē; Attic Greek: [nýmpʰɛː]; sometimes spelled nymphe) is a minor female nature deity in ancient Greek folklore. ...
A late-16th-century English illustration of a witch feeding her familiars. In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (strictly familiar spirits, as "familiar" also meant just "close friend" or companion, and may be seen in the scientific name for dog, Canis familiaris) were believed to be supernatural entities, interdimensional beings, or spiritual guardians that ...