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Daemon

The term Daemon has several meanings:

1. Daemon (mythology)

2. Daemon (computer software)

3. The concept from the Philip Pullman trilogy of novels His Dark Materials, describes a fictional world where everyone has a daemon, although he spells it 'Dæmon'. This takes the form of an animal, which has a separate identity even though it is an integral part of a person in that world; a physical manifestation of their soul. Children's dæmons have no fixed form, but as children reach puberty their dæmons take a form reflective of the person's personality. This concept is sometimes referred to as a "Familiar."

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