- In hw-rules_at_egroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen Robertson"
<rjremr_at_s...> wrote:
> > > >What is a daimon?
>
> [snip]
>
> > And its from the greek (I think?) word for 'helpful spirit'
>
> Just to be pedantic, "daimon" is simply "spirit", "deity", "god",
"fortune".
> There are two other greek words - eudaimon (blessed with good
> fortune/hapiness, blessed by a "good" spirit) and kakodaimon (cursed
with
> bad fortune, cursed by a "bad" spirit).
>
> Glorantha scholars may recognize a Chaos diety in there...
>
> RR
I knew there was something missing in the translation. I'll stick to
lares, m'self. =)
Jeff