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