But a person can be killed through their dæmon as well. When a person is killed their dæmon disappears instantly, it also reflects their growing weakness if it takes time. Being part of a person means that are different than an animal, this includes what happens to them when someone dies. They can talk and while they take the form of animals, they are not animals themselves. Typically dæmons are the opposite sex to their humans, though there are a few rare exceptions. Despite the fact he was a wonderful sailor and the best navigator who made his fortune fishing, he was never happy. The Able-Seaman tells Lyra about a sailorman whose dæmon settled as a dolphin, which meant he could never leave the water. Like the Able-Seaman tells Lyra in Northern Lights, “There’s plenty of folk as’d like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle”.ĭæmons may also not settle on a form that someone may like either. Having a dæmon settle is a part of growing up and while disappointing at first, it allows you to know the sort of person you are. As they grow older their dæmon settle on a single, non-changing form. Dæmons are a representation of this change.Īs children, dæmons are able to change and shift form, often reflecting moods or used to intimidate other children. Pullman mentioned in an interview that he had been thinking about the transition which happens in adolescence for a long time and being a teacher he had seen this change in kids around Lyra’s age. They are also used as a visual shift from innocence to experience.
This link also restricts how far they can move from one another and lets them feel what the other is feeling. The connection is strong and many times a person’s health, emotions, or subconscious can be reflected in their dæmon’s actions. More than once dæmons are referred to as being like someone’s soul, and there is an invisible but evident connection between dæmon and human. It is a part of them and a great horror to see someone without one. Everyone has a dæmon in Lyra’s world, and to see someone without a dæmon is like seeing a person walking around without their head. Pullman explains that dæmons symbolise an aspect of a person’s personality.
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