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mortals and deities, similar to ghosts, chthonic heroes, spirit guides, forces of nature, or the deities themselves (see Plato's Symposium). Even though the term derives from Greek philosophy, anthropology agrees that daimons are universal across human cultures. According to Hesiod's myth, "great and powerful figures were to be honoured after death as a daimon..." According to Walter Burkert,

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