Even when granting favors, they have a trickster nature and can twist events for the worse.
They have long been regarded as malicious and dangerous, capable of bringing bad luck, illness, disaster and death. They are usually invisible, but have the power to shape-shift to any form, be it insect, animal, human, or entity. The djinn like to roam the deserts and wilderness and inhabit caves. In modern terms, they live in a parallel dimension. According to some accounts, they live with other supernatural beings in the Kaf, a mythical range of emerald mountains that encircles the Earth. They live very long lives but they are not immortal. The djinn have been among us in antiquity and they are among us now.Īccording to pre-Islamic lore, the djinn are born of smokeless fire (which in modern terms could be plasma). They exist in their own realm, probably a parallel dimension, and they have the ability – and the desire – to enter our world and interact with us. The djinn are not confined to the Middle East, or to the past. They also can masquerade as anything: humans, animals, ghosts, cryptids, and other entities such as extraterrestrials, demons, shadow people, fairies, angels and more. The djinn are masterful shape-shifters, and their favored forms are snakes and black dogs. They are often portrayed as having a demonic-like appearance, but they can also appear in beautiful, seductive forms. In Western lore djinn are sometimes equated with demons, but they are not the same. A djinni (singular) appears as a wish-granting “genie” in folk tales such as in The Book of 1001 Nights collection of folk tales. They can be conjured in magical rites to perform various tasks and services. Like the Greek daimones, djinn are self-propagating and can be either good or evil. In Arabian lore, djinn (also spelled jinn) are a race of supernaturally empowered beings who have the ability to intervene in the affairs of people.
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