Golden Compass “Meet your Own Daemon” Test

Posted by Becky in Movies & SciFi on December 6, 2007 at 12:00 am


There’s a neat feature on the official Golden Compass website that allows you to answer a few questions and be paired with your very own “daemon,” (pronounced dee-muhn)

According to the website:

In the magical world of the Golden Compass, every person has a life companion in the form of an animal called a “Daemon.” A Daemon is a cross between the soul and a best friend. The animal form it takes is a manifestation of the host’s true personality.

The Golden Compass

From the link, click Meet your Daemon to take the test. Be sure to post your results in the comments!

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105 comments to "Golden Compass “Meet your Own Daemon” Test"

  1. Becky
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:06 am

    My Daemon is Thalius, a mouse. Be sure to check out the feature (if you’re a myspacer) where your friends can answer questions and further define your results!

  2. Dan
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:16 am

    This will probably gain a huge following. It’s too bad it’s based on being anti-religion and anti-God, although these themes are suppressed for the movie.

  3. Zach
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:28 am

    Hermonystra, a spider daemon.

  4. Chris
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:29 am

    I got a Tiger…. grrr!

  5. Greg
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:42 am

    Bryanna, a crow. Kind of surprising, actually.

  6. Keegan
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:51 am

    ariel, a lioness who looks JUST like a lion. i took this a few days ago at work and got a monkey.

  7. Sylvain
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:57 am

    Melania, a chimpazee which represents 3% of the total number of daemon types. someone knowns how much daemon types exist ?

  8. floporama
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:57 am

    Eumelia the Crow. One of my most detested animals, by the way.

  9. The Manticore
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:13 am

    Mine is Pyrrheus, a fox. =] I can’t wait for this movie, love the books!!!!

  10. creepycrawly
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:13 am

    I’m an ocelot, for what it’s worth.

  11. zeytoun
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:16 am

    “It’s too bad it’s based on being anti-religion and anti-God, although these themes are suppressed for the movie.”
    What’s wrong with anti-religion or anti-”God”?

  12. Katelyn
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:32 am

    Diodium, a Gibbon (monkey thing)

    I’ve read the book, and I didn’t think it was anti-religious. You have to remember it’s a fiction book.

    Then again, I was young when I read it, so I may have been oblivious to it.

  13. Fresh
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:52 am

    Hermestra, a Lion.

    Pretty neat; but it reminds me too much of those employment surveys.

  14. matthew
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:18 am

    i got a peacock =D

    the antigod thing, it doesnt clearly state that it supports that. its just a story, just like when harrypotter was about to become a movie many churces band it. look at it now, everyone even in chruches watches it, cuz its just a story.

  15. joey
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:23 am

    Anexa, a Tiger =)

  16. Su
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:33 am

    Callum, a Tiger

  17. James
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:36 am

    Bryanna, Lion Demon. Fits quite well.

  18. Jsahko
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:43 am

    Aleone, a fcking gibbon. Bleh. She better be a cool gibbon or I’m not giving her her monkey kibble.

    Anyone know the origin of the names here or are they just auto generated?

  19. doeth
    December 6th, 2007 at 3:32 am

    Mine was Aerodon the hare

  20. Jessi Monster
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:16 am

    Araphon, a male chimp :D Sooooo adorable!

  21. Lux
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:22 am

    I got the Spider Daemon which is funny because i absolutely hate spiders!! But now that i think of it, my personality is very much like the description of the spider! Alvin was his name.

  22. fenceboi
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:39 am

    i got Jesus, hes a carpenter

  23. melissa
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:44 am

    Mine is Klitus, a male Tiger daemon…very nice!

  24. felix
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:51 am

    mine is Rainan and shes a Lioness, love the books and this movie is going to be AWESOME!

  25. fz
    December 6th, 2007 at 5:35 am

    Aurora, Tigress, how boring :\

  26. k
    December 6th, 2007 at 6:12 am

    Araphon, a spider :)

  27. Vako
    December 6th, 2007 at 6:55 am

    If I’m not mistaken, Newline Cinema is a Disney property.
    That should speak for it’s self.

  28. Marcus
    December 6th, 2007 at 7:37 am

    Mine’s a hare daemon called Euthalia.
    well, it gets weirder, since when i’m in school i got a hound daemon called Haythiria.
    not sure which one fits me though…
    anyone got any ideas?

  29. Glenn
    December 6th, 2007 at 7:46 am

    Mine is Artemis the Lynx…4% of the population.

  30. K-milo
    December 6th, 2007 at 7:50 am

    Mine’s Verian,a Raccoon!!!
    It’s a shame a burro (or an anteater or a platypus!) can’t be a daemon…

  31. Pol x
    December 6th, 2007 at 8:00 am

    No it really is very anti religion, of course it’s been made toothless and inoffensive for the american market, and been renamed too.

    What is it with the US that everything has to be renamed?

    Like The Madness of George III had to be the madness of king george otherwise Americans would think it was a sequel.
    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to Harry Potter and the Wizards Stone.

    Wizard;s stone means nothing.

  32. Celeste
    December 6th, 2007 at 8:49 am

    My Daemon is a Tiger named Erasmus… I really like that name. I think I will use it for my next kitty kat.

  33. Sid Morrison
    December 6th, 2007 at 9:09 am

    @Pol x-
    I think you are dead on! The problem is that most Americans are *extremely* culturally illiterate (to borrow the phraseology of E.D. Hirsch). Yes, we know a good bit about Paris and Nicole, but topics really pertinent to the nation’s founding and the roots of Western civilization draw complete blanks.

    I shook my head when I read about the George III film being renamed. Perhaps knowing the complete genealogy of the Hanover kings is a bit much to ask for, but George III was the monarch in Britain at the time of the American Revolution! People should know who he was! It to HIM that the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence are directed. We ought to know who he was and a little about his recurring lunacy.

    The “Philosopher’s Stone” was another great example — in this case the movie reflected the dumbed-down title of the U.S. version of the book. “Philosopher’s Stone” is a real reference to a reputed stone (or substance) capable of turning base (i.e. cheap) metal into gold or providing eternal youth (as in the Potter book). The search for it was *fundamental* to history of alchemy. That’s something we (hopefully) scoff at now, but for hundreds of years, some of the most brilliant minds out there (including Roger Bacon, Tycho Brahe, and even Isaac Newton) devoted a lot of their research effort toward it. Calling it that in the title and throughout the book MADE SENSE. Changing it to “Sorcerer’s Stone” was stupid. I read the U.S. version of the book and regretted not getting the UK edition. There are a lot of places in the book where the US publisher monkeyed with the wording for the ignorant U.S. audience. For anyone accustomed to reading British authors, a lot of the tampered passages were quite evident — they really detracted from the work. I have heard that in the following books, they were a little less heavy-handed with the changes (perhaps Rowling had the power to reign them in at that point). I haven’t read those yet, but I should hope so. Just the same, I think I’ll probably get the UK editions.

    What is the harm of letting our children (and adults) learn a little of the history and culture of the world of the past and the world beyond our borders? Unfortunatelty, the government school system here teaches to the lowest common denominator. Better that all the kids should pass some very low standard, than the best among them to really excel.

  34. ruby
    December 6th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    I got Gabriel a male Lion. He’s quite cute…has a nice strut! He’s moved into my office already and I think he ate my truffles. He has to stay away from my chocolate!

  35. torrance
    December 6th, 2007 at 9:42 am

    Lysianthia, the she-spider.

  36. Cori
    December 6th, 2007 at 9:49 am

    Araphon, a snow leopard.

  37. Don't Panic!
    December 6th, 2007 at 9:51 am

    Aleone a Female Tiger.

  38. s
    December 6th, 2007 at 10:00 am

    myron the sparrow

  39. el Gordo
    December 6th, 2007 at 10:39 am

    Hermonystra, a female Osprey.

  40. badiuk
    December 6th, 2007 at 10:43 am

    Artemis - lion.

  41. Gadfly22
    December 6th, 2007 at 10:59 am

    Ariel, an osprey.

    And the His Dark Materials series is neither anti-God nor anti-religion. It’s anti-FAKE-God and anti-political-bureaucracy-posing-as-religion. If you don’t know the difference, your daemon might be Oblivia, the sheep.

  42. FMDC
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    Dan, with comment number 2, shut the hell up.

  43. Me
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:21 pm

    Aesop, a gibbon. I like monkeys. :)

  44. Nick B.
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    Anexa,a jackel. I don’t even like dogs.

  45. Roman C.
    December 6th, 2007 at 12:54 pm

    Meida, a Cat

    strange, long time ago i took some psicological test and I had a Cat personality also…

    anywho, seasons greetings everybody… :)

  46. Ellen
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:14 pm

    Lutheus, a male sparrow. “Assertive, shy, fickle, spontaneous, sociable.” Odd combo.
    I don’t see that there is anything wrong with the story being anti-religious, if it is that. It’s just a different viewpoint, yes? Besides, the plethora of religious-themed movies/literature could use the company.
    Did anybody else have issues with the quiz though? I found it to be very clunky.

  47. Amy
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

    Skaene, a snow leopard. Very approporiate, this is one of my favorite animals! Dead on.

  48. kats
    December 6th, 2007 at 1:58 pm

    inachus, lion.

    gadfly22, THANK YOU!!!!! you are absolutely correct and it astonishes me that people don’t see the difference. and that people judge the books so harshly without bothering to pick them up.

  49. jack.wh
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:23 pm

    Wahey. “Elpis” the Chimp.

  50. Jacques
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    Dan, it’s not anti-religion or anti-god, if you’d read the book you’d know that it’s really just a different religion or god. A different worldview than the judeo-xtian one that infuses western civilisation and, because of its horrific history causes so much hatred and death.

  51. Mike | LoneEagle
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

    Androne, the Tiger Dæmon.

  52. Vonskippy
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Dogbert, the Mutt Daemon.

  53. BMnkyStar
    December 6th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

    Romulus the Wildcat…grrrr…wildcat!

  54. Dave
    December 6th, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    Bob, the dinosaur daemon. He pulls a nasty tele-wedgie.

    the antigod thing, it doesnt clearly state that it supports that. its just a story, just like when harrypotter was about to become a movie many churches banned it. look at it now, everyone even in churches watches it, cuz its just a story.

    From what I understand, the problem with The Golden Compass has less to do with the story than with the author, who is adamantly anti-anything-to-do-with-God. His stated goal with the books is “to undermine the basis of Christian belief.”

    Good luck with that. It’s like a chipmunk scratching away at solid granite. 2,000 years and counting; Jesus and his Good News cannot be stopped.

  55. Jayde
    December 6th, 2007 at 5:07 pm

    I got the moth daemon. (Humble, shy, etc.)

  56. amy
    December 6th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    i got
    Appollonious-A Male Osprey

  57. Sofia
    December 6th, 2007 at 5:37 pm

    I have Alvin a Fox Daemon, modest, solitary, dependable, inquisitive and shy.

  58. Thespian24601
    December 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pm

    I too have a fox, mine named Verian. Bad ass.

  59. Kendra
    December 6th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    Andreas the ermine demon. COOL BEANS!

  60. Chris
    December 6th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

    Azaria, a female gibbon.

    When I read the books, I interpreted having a daemon of the same sex suggests you are gay?

  61. Barb
    December 6th, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    Aerodon the HARE…

  62. Leigh
    December 6th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

    Gadfly22 is absolutly correct.

    I did a paper on Philip last year for my contemporary english class. One of the themes of the story is to show how corrupt organized religion is along with the idea that only goodness can exist if there is a God. But, that’s what he *says* he meant to do. We can only imagine what the underlying agenda was.

    Anyway, does that take away from the fact that this was an excellent book series (that will probably be brutally toned down and made “PC” by the movie industry)? It’s already had a huge following as a book, which is why they’re making it into a movie. It contains the same themes as Paradise Lost, which is also a very good book. I don’t see an issue with an “Anti-God” book. It’s just a story, like the Bible.

  63. B.
    December 6th, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    I got Aerodon, a male Chimpanzee.

    Because i’m “modest, solitary, outgoing, spontaneously and responsible” I knew I was going to be a monkey.

    only 17,766 chimpanzees out of 569,636!

  64. Miss Curly
    December 6th, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    I have Tarquin, a beautiful snow leopard.

  65. Ali S.
    December 6th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

    Cool, I have the Rire which is a Black Daemon Cat. Oddly enough it resembles my sisters black cat Tequila. :o

  66. farty
    December 7th, 2007 at 1:11 am

    why was i a rock?

  67. just a guy
    December 7th, 2007 at 1:29 am

    Americans aren’t necessarily culturally stupid, but media treats us as such. it’s sort of a vicious cycle… if they’d give us things in their original form, we wouldn’t grow.

    A few vocal (generally ‘religious’ fanatic) annoying people scare companies into ’softening up’ their products. I severly annoys the rest of us, to be condecended to like this.

  68. Jenna
    December 7th, 2007 at 2:04 am

    Pelloneus, lion daemon.

    It’s funny because when I read the books I told a friend that I thought my daemon would be a cat, just didn’t know it’d be such a big cat :-P

  69. owen
    December 7th, 2007 at 2:42 am

    Clymonistra (a domestic cat)… sounds suspiciously like a disease.

  70. peach
    December 7th, 2007 at 9:24 am

    First I got an Ocelot then I got a Raven. Same answers to questions. Is this whole thing completely random?

  71. Jennifer
    December 7th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    Alvin the gibbon

  72. Chris
    December 7th, 2007 at 1:47 pm

    Anthora, the snow Leopard. Dang, I wanted to have a goldfish.

    OK. So I’m a snow leopard Like 8.2% of the people that tried this thing. I deduce that there is 12 deamon (1/12 = 8.33%). Math over, class done.

    fenceboi : LOL.

  73. Darragh
    December 7th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

    I know it’ll sound cheesy, but I got Aspara, a lion:

    http://goldencompassmovie.com/goldenCompass_blog.swf?id=588205

  74. aida
    December 9th, 2007 at 10:02 am

    mine is aerodon…a peacock!!:D

  75. Jasmine
    December 10th, 2007 at 1:47 am

    I got a male Raccoon Daemon named Thaleron…

    I’ve gotten a Tiger as well, but I think I like the Raccoon more because the Tiger is kind of over-rated…

    I do love the name Callum, but I’m sticking with Thaleron, I think…

  76. Patrick
    December 13th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    I am Mayra the Snow Leopard. It could not be more dead on to my own self.

  77. orly
    December 16th, 2007 at 11:34 am

    I got two male foxes, Brynn and Andreas, I love ‘em XD

  78. Kristir
    December 16th, 2007 at 1:36 pm

    Leonidas, the lion.

  79. Kristir
    December 16th, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    What is your angel’s name? The way you find it is to think angel and find the first name to pop to your head… Mine is Parax.

  80. allwhitenoise
    December 18th, 2007 at 8:03 pm

    I have a Lutheus beside me. male.
    It’s a really beautiful old looking monkey of some sort.

  81. Sujin
    December 21st, 2007 at 11:07 pm

    Olin, a Lion.
    Anagram yay.

  82. deco
    December 26th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

    With me is Loreana, a Tiger daemon. I have decided she is a siberian tiger.

  83. Cage
    December 31st, 2007 at 12:58 am

    I got a male black Daemon Cat who’s name is Leonidus. I love him so!!!

  84. notRowan
    January 1st, 2008 at 12:05 am

    Romulus the raven *nom* I lurve him^^

    oh my! Cage seems to have a spartan cat dæmon <..>

  85. John Morgan
    January 5th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    25 OF MY FRIENDS AND I DID IT ABOUT EACH OTHER ONE OF THEM GOT A BEETLE! I GOT PELAGIA, A TIGER YEAH I ROCK!!!

  86. Alex Minett
    January 6th, 2008 at 7:26 am

    great, i’m a gibbon, ooh-ooh. she’s called Aurora

  87. Fizzeh
    January 6th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    I got an Ocelot called Diodium.
    A kind of wildcat that’s around double the size of an average housecat.

  88. laura
    January 10th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    i got a gibbon too.. haha looks a lot like ms coulters daemon. oh well the personality is pretty cool: im proud AND humble.

    oh and stop attacking dan. hes just saying that its too bad its seen as anti-religious because that means a lot of people are going to miss out on a great movie just because it contradicts their beliefs.

  89. Phaedrus
    January 16th, 2008 at 6:22 am

    Aenad, male tiger. Woo.

  90. Jesse Myers
    January 27th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    The movie was awesome,amazing visuals, although the story in the book is much more dynamic and comprehensive in thought. The website and choosing your daemon is a great way for people to think about who they are as human beings with the kind of character traits they value and believe they should have. I must still be a child because I have been everything from a bee to a red fox. I like the interesting names that come with your daemon.

  91. Maia
    January 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    I got Gabriel the wildcat! ?

  92. Maia
    January 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    I got Gabriel the wildcat! ?

  93. Tyler
    February 2nd, 2008 at 11:42 am

    hi iam probal a owl

  94. charlotte
    February 6th, 2008 at 5:51 am

    i ave a tiger called suma

  95. barb
    April 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    how to get the snow leopard? :-( i would really like to have her! :-(

  96. DA
    April 15th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    I got Cleon, a male jackal -

    Responsible, modest, outgoing, passionate, and sociable.

    He’s adorable!

    http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/?1168779

  97. Tamarat
    April 24th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    I want a snow leopard,or a tiger as a demon! Movie is great!!!

  98. Kelsey
    June 27th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    The first time I took this quiz, I got a raven. I’ve taken the quiz so many times with so many results, I decided to go with what I felt. I also think that the questions are way too open and vague. Twenty questions to figure out your entire personality, not possible. I thought about it the entire time I read His Dark Materials and I discovered my daemon.

    He is a river otter, I’m still trying to learn his name. At the moment, it’s Pandion, though it may possibly change. I think finding out the name is the hardest part. We swim together and compete with other swimmers. When I’m hiking, he rides in my backpack. And the best is in the evenings when I’m reading, he’ll either curl up in my lap or drap himself about my shoulders, he cuddles and nuzzles me. He is a darling.

  99. Erica
    July 12th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    i got Borrealus, a male snow leapard

  100. Lizzie
    September 16th, 2008 at 3:53 am

    I got Gabriel the mouse but the first time i ever did it i got Zotius the snow leopard. I really belive in this stuff.

  101. Lizzie
    September 16th, 2008 at 3:57 am

    I like Kelsey’s comment about her daemon.

  102. Kalandra
    November 8th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    My daemon is the lynx, Callum

  103. zaren
    November 21st, 2008 at 12:10 pm

    is it just me or the quiz isn’t on the site anymore…
    i want a daemon ;__:

  104. zaren
    November 21st, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    ah, i get redirected to here:

    http://newline.com/properties/goldencompassthe.html

    did they take the site down?

  105. Becky
    November 21st, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Unfortunately, it looks like it’s been removed. It was still up as of 11/8/08, but is gone now ~ the link seems to be gone from everywhere. Not sure if it helps, but i did find a Youtube clip showing how it works:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LBSVAX_1n8


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