Definition of Demogorgon

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal

Definition of Demogorgon

1. n. A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.

Definition of Demogorgon

1. Proper noun. A pagan god or demon, associated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name was taboo; an incubus. ¹

2. Proper noun. A manufactured horror; a Frankenstein's monster. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demogorgon

Democratic Party
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of East Timor
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Democrats
Democritean
Democritus
Demodex
Demodex bovis
Demodex canis
Demodex cati
Demodex folliculorum
Demogorgon (current term)
Demoivre's formula
Demoncrat
Demoncrats
Demosthenes
Demosthenian
Demosthenic
Demotic Greek
Dempsey
Demulen
Den
Den Haag
Dena'ina
Dena'inas
Denali

Literary usage of Demogorgon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Supernatural in Romantic Fiction by Edward Yardley (1880)
"Demogorgon. THIS is a being who apparently has power over witches and fairies. ... In the ' Flower and the Leaf' he is mentioned : For cruel Demogorgon ..."

2. A History of English Literature by Edward Jermyn Mathew (1901)
"Demogorgon, who destroyed Jupiter, was the chaos or general disorder resulting from revolution. The weakness of Shelley's theories is very visible, ..."

3. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"They dwelt in the deep abyss oí Demogorgon, "with unwearied finders drawing out the threads of life." Clotho held the spindle or distaff ..."

4. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by John William Cunliffe, Karl Young (1915)
"530 Demogorgon Thou, Earth, calm empire of a happy soul, Sphere of divinest shapes and ... 540 Demogorgon Ye kings of suns and stars, Demons and Gods, ..."

5. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"Demogorgon Or as they To the dull weed some sea-worm battens on : A confused Voice We ... Demogorgon Spirits, whose homes are flesh : ye beasts and birds. ..."

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