daemon
A minor deity or divinity.
Other meanings
A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
An idea depicted as an entity.
Word history
From Ancient Greek "δαίμων" (dispenser, tutelary deity).
Where this comes from
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