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Demogorgon definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin Date: 1590 a mysterious spirit or deity often explained as a primeval creator god who antedates the gods of Greek mythology

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Demogorgon De`mo*gor"gon, n. [First mentioned by Lutatius, or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr. Gr. ? god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible] 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.