Bestiarum Vocabulum: Demon

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Lita Burke

April 22, 2014

The Bestiarum Vocabulum is the wizard’s encyclopedia of faerie beasties and mundane crossovers living in the lake and forest near Lita’s castle.

demon [dee-muh n] noun, 1350–1400; ME < L daemonium < Gr daimónion; also minor demon and daemon.

Denizen of the Clockpunk Wizard world.
An imp-sized spirit that lives in the nether plains until summoned by a wizard.
Personages: Copernicus in Forever Boy and Old Bony Blue Eyes; Fraus, Martook, Cess, Hoytt, Messen, and Ozomene in Ephraim’s Curious Device.
See “Copernicus, One of the Minor Demons”

3 responses to “Bestiarum Vocabulum: Demon”

dalefurse

April 23, 2014

Nice to return to your blog, Lita. This is strangely interesting and timely. Thanks.

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1. Lita Burke
  
  April 24, 2014
  
  Glad you stopped by, Dale. I’ve wanted to compile a Bestiarum Vocabulum for some time. It seemed cool to take the approach of a wizard’s manual. More entries to come.
  
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