Ceuthonymus or Keuthonymos (

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: Κευθώνυμος) is a spirit in

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who is the father of Menoites (or Menoetes, Menoetius). Ceuthonymus is a mysterious

daimon The daimon (), also spelled daemon (meaning "god", "godlike", "power", "fate"), denotes an "unknown superfactor", which can be either good or hostile. In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology a daimon was imagined to be a lesser ...

or spirit of the

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, who lives in the realm of

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Residents of the Greek underworld Greek legendary creatures Daimons {{Mythology-stub