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Hello, and welcome to Your Greek Word On A Sunday, a weekly, bite-size podcast for anyone curious on language, etymology and connections. I am your host, Emmanuela Lia and wherever you are in the world, if you want to entertain your brain for a few minutes, this is the podcast for you. Let's Go! 

Δέω (deo) in ancient Greek, meant 'I distribute' , 'I share'. Among the gods in Mount Olympus where those little creatures with the power to distribute good luck to all humans if the gods wished to do so. Imagine them as the guardian angels of the ancients. Making sure the luck and fate they distributed was kept intact. Then Christianity took over and turned them into nasty, goblin-like creatures, making sure Lucifer was happy. In a way , I think Philip Pullman got it right in his 'His Dark Materials' books ΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ/DEMONS 

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