daemon
Example Sentences
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Lyra lives in a universe parallel to our own, where people have a daemon - a companion spirit in animal form.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
And that little standoff between her daemon, the Golden Monkey, and the Spectre, right after the witch is killed in Cittàgazze—how does it relate to this journey that Mrs. Coulter is making?
From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020
Lyra is no longer a child but a troubled young adult who finds herself estranged from her daemon Pantalaimon — effectively at war with herself.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2019
His Dark Materials Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy comes to the small screen as a series set in a world wherein every human being has an animal daemon, a manifestation of their soul.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2019
How different it was to be human, with erne’s daemon always there to talk to!
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.