daemon

Everyone has a companion daemon in the form of an animal—part of their spirit that resides outside the body—and Lyra's is named Pantalaimon.

Daemon by Daniel Suarez “One of the only works of fiction I've read in years… a terrific bit of sci-fi.”

The Daemon of procrastination has at length yielded to the Genius of Friendship, assisted indeed by the powers of fear and shame.

Suddenly the moment had come when the daemon wakes and begins to range.

Daemon ab insidiis vulpeculae est similis, T. breides, stratagems, tricks; comp.

So that a man was to understand by Daemon, as well (sometimes) an Ague, as a Divell.

If they were already in the fangs of the daemon, their torments could neither be aggravated nor assuaged by human industry.