daemon

Example Sentences

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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

His Dark Materials Philip Pullman’s epic fantasy comes to the small screen as a series set in a world wherein every human being has an animal daemon, a manifestation of their soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2019

They were marble-cold, and Farder Coram had been right; poor little Tony Makarios was no different from any other human whose daemon had departed in death.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman