Jinn
Land of Origin: Saudi Arabia.
Other Origins: Persia.
Other Names:
Genie, Jeannie, and Jeenie are other words which also mean Jinn and have been transliterated from Arabic. Sometimes they are euphemistically referred to as Spirits of the Lamp.
In Egypt they are call Afreets. Djinn is another term for Jinn which was popular in England. It eventually came into the Victorian vocabulary to also mean an occult shop or a place
where magick was performed, such as is seen in the 1877 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Sorcerer.
Element: Air.
Appearance and Temperament:
Jinns used to be both male and female, but in staunchly patriarchal Arab countries, they came to be seen as wholly male. But because they were occasionally housed in receptacles such
as bottles which are also chalices symbolizing the feminine principle of deity, there were certainly also female in equal numbers. Lamps, because they shed light, were sacred to Sun
Gods, indicating that the faeries in these were male. They live in bottles and oil lamps from which they appear when summoned by their masters or owners and grant wishes.
Time Most Active: All year.
Lore:
Thanks to the famous Persian folktale "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp," westerners are familiar with the Jinn. When the lamp or bottle is rubbed, the Jinn is summoned forth and must do its
master's bidding. Such lamps were the private property of sheiks and potentates and not for the common person. When such a lamp fell into the hands of an average person, an entire army
would be called out to retrieve it.
In the late 1960's the American television series I Dream of Jeannie centered around an astronaut who found an old bottle containing a female Jinn named Jeannie.
These bottles and lamps seem to have disappeared over time, leaving both their whereabouts and the source of these legends shrouded in mystery.
Where to Find Them: Unknown.
How to Contact: Unknown.
Magickal and Ritual Help: If you can find one, anything you wish must be granted to you.
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