EARLY FACETS OF DEMONISM IN ROMANIAN LITERATURE
EARLY FACETS OF DEMONISM IN ROMANIAN LITERATURE

Summary/Abstract: The Greek ”daimon” was a spirit that enabled creations. Its powerful, positive connotations placed it at the same level with deities. With the emerge of Christianity, these spirits that enhanced the human feelings and pleasures became known as ”demons”, which were evil spiritual presences, simply because they focused on desiteratum, while a good Christian controls and avoids to accomplish unchristian desires. The paths of these spirits are interesting to follow, especially in literature, which took over all the shapes and essences the concept holds. In Romanian literature, the development of the concept was slow and it took some time until it detached itself from the Christian configuration and adopted more plastic shapes.

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