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

On Monday night, the Season 2 finale of HBO’s His Dark Material introduced new questions about Mrs. Coulter’s relationship with her daemon, and Lyra’s relationship with hers.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020

The BBC, by contrast, is seeing the epic drama through from the opening glass of tokay to the concluding moment, when Lyra's daemon mutates into a pine marten.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 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

Pantalaimon, who was imitating the form of Mrs. Coulter’s daemon, crouched on the edge of the basin making faces at her.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman