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Are demons and devils too similar?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6332745" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>This is correct. Daemon comes from Greek and were spirits and beings often associated with nature - generally benevolent. "Daemon" has also been co-opted by Carl Jung and other psychologists such as James Hillman, who see it as a kind of inner guiding spirit - not synonymous with the soul, but actually different from us (whereas the soul is the inner self of the person, within which the daemon communicates via inspiration, imagination, hopes and dreams, etc). </p><p></p><p>The word "demon" is a Christianization of "daemon," and also a, ah, demonization of it and what it refers to. Pagan nature spirits = bad (in Medieval Christianity).</p><p></p><p>As for demons and devils in D&D, it really is quite simple and comes down to demons are chaotic and devils are lawful. Now I personally don't think D&D exploits this differentiation as much as they could. I'd rather see demons as ravaging raiders from the Abyss, sort of like the horrors in Earthdawn, and devils as more sly and cunning. Demons want to destroy, devils want to rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 6332745, member: 59082"] This is correct. Daemon comes from Greek and were spirits and beings often associated with nature - generally benevolent. "Daemon" has also been co-opted by Carl Jung and other psychologists such as James Hillman, who see it as a kind of inner guiding spirit - not synonymous with the soul, but actually different from us (whereas the soul is the inner self of the person, within which the daemon communicates via inspiration, imagination, hopes and dreams, etc). The word "demon" is a Christianization of "daemon," and also a, ah, demonization of it and what it refers to. Pagan nature spirits = bad (in Medieval Christianity). As for demons and devils in D&D, it really is quite simple and comes down to demons are chaotic and devils are lawful. Now I personally don't think D&D exploits this differentiation as much as they could. I'd rather see demons as ravaging raiders from the Abyss, sort of like the horrors in Earthdawn, and devils as more sly and cunning. Demons want to destroy, devils want to rule. [/QUOTE]
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