From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 28 1: 2:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rapier.smartspace.co.za (rapier.smartspace.co.za [66.8.25.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B73C037B718 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 01:02:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nbm@rapier.smartspace.co.za) Received: (qmail 86344 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Feb 2001 09:02:03 -0000 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:02:03 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: Power JeSsIe! Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd logo Message-ID: <20010228110202.A84177@rapier.smartspace.co.za> References: <00ca01c0a20d$862637a0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jessie@power-jessie.net on Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 03:09:28PM -0800 Organization: Building Intelligence X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 X-URL: http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~nbm/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed 2001-02-28 (15:09), Power JeSsIe! wrote: > but if daemon doesn't mean a demon, > why is it that the logo is like that? > a little red fellow with horns,tail and a fork... There was a process of "demonisation" occuring when (possibly before, but definitely during) other cultures were introduced to Christianity. Their previous gods, angel-analogues, and so forth were deemed to be evil forces pretending to be good, or whatever. Webster's definition: Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology. The imagery can be linked at least to stylised Eastern art from pre-"BC" (CE, now, isn't it?), and to pre-Christianity Europe (satyrs, and so forth). Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@mithrandr.moria.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message