daemon

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Whether sinful passions or unconscious destructive urges, distracting attachments or visceral impulses, desire is the daemon that makes us act, often against our own interests and those of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

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

“What do you think, sir?” said John Faa to the witch’s daemon.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman