The Origins of Jinn: From Evil Spirits to Genie - (Exploring Middle Eastern Folklore) 

its crazy how all history/mythology/religion tells the exact same story yet we cant all seem to get along....beautiful story.

"All magic comes with a price"! Rumplestilskin

I live in iraq and here in my town we have tons of stories and legends about them

I will just clear some misconception , jinns are sentient beings living in an alternate dimension , they aren't monsters or beasts , they can feel, think ,talk and choose . just like us humans they can choose good or evil , they live in cities and towns ,have jobs, religion ,laws,wars ... and just like us they die.

I think supernatural's version of the jin was really scary. Where whatever your wish was you got it. But you don't realize that you're just unconscious and the jin is slowly eating you alive and your wishes are just figments of your imagination while you slowly descend into death.

As a Muslim ,I salute you on the amount of research you put into this..I Aldo would like to add tht it is believed tht jinns have their own religion as well , there are Christian jinn , jew and muslims..

Even one wish can go catastrophically sideways: Enter Madoka Magica and Kyubey, fulfilling 1 wish.

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I am muslim ❤️ here , in arabic : jinn is devided from the source word ijtinanan in the meaning of “ikhtifaä” = being unseen . Plus we believe they are made of fire , the first jinn ever created “ sumia” Jinnie is the male , female is : jinniat (female “t” is unpronounceable) with the stress in the n in both , while jinn is plural , Jinn’s babies breastfeeding is up to 12 years , can live up to 1000 years or more , we believe that they are made of negative energy, electrons , though.. there are always kind jinn and bad ones Thanks

As we are the children of earth, the Djinn are the children of fire.

Hard liquors are collectively called 'spirits' and one type is called gin.

Finally, I was hoping you talk about these magical beings from Middle Eastern lore.

hey there, middle eastern here. I wanna add few pieces of information about Jinn, my ancestors practiced witchcraft and dealt with Jinn to the point that they ran a business through it (we don't do it, plus it's so illegal that you'll immediately get executed. however I know how to in case you're curious). I know there is no reason to believe anything I say since I'm a random person in the comment section, so it's up to you lol. it's true when you said that Jinn can't be physically killed, but there are ways to kill them. the first method is by the Quran or the Christian and Jewish bible and this is only in extreme cases of possession when the Jinn refuses to leave the body. I know many people will disagree because those two changed over the course of time, but they're still holy books and do have an effect. The second method is by another Jinn, usually when a Jinn breaks the Jinn law of possessing a human or showing themselves to a human (there are probably other reasons too since the Jinn all share different types of law based on tribes) they will be executed, which is why most stay inside the human body. Now not all Jinn are evil, just like humans, some are good and some are bad, also many have different religions such as Islam, Christianity, and Jewdisim, among others. There are more than 3 types of Jinn actually, first you have the fire, water, earth, and wind types (yes insert avatar joke). Those are the most common types, and each type is very different than the other to the point that when you do a spell, you need to know which type to invoke in order for them to carry out the spell (i use the word spell loosely here but its mainly the jinn doing what you want, like harming someone, having them love you, etc. "spell" is just more specific). As far as I know, only the earth type lives among us, as the wind Jinn lives in high mountains, and the water Jinn lives in the sea. There is also a type that lives specifically in your house, those are called "the inhabiters", roughly translating the name lol. Those take the image of the people who live in the house, a perfect replica, except they are "mirrored", for example, if you're right-handed and have a mole on your right cheek, then the jinn that looks like you is left-handed and has a mole on their left cheek. Those are good Jinn, they exist only to inhabit the space that overlaps where your house is so no other Jinn or demons would be able to live or even visit. They are so good that many witches need to force them out of the house in order to do a spell or summon a Jinn because "the inhabiters" would prevent the Jinn from visiting, thus nullifying the spell. And the only way to kick them out is by abusing the Quran and literally "burning them" so they can leave, once the spell is done, they are summoned back into the house (if you don't summon them then you are screwed lol) I don't have a lot of knowledge about the other types because even Jinn fear and avoid them, my great-grandma worked as a "witch" (btw you are not born a witch, anyone can become one lol) said that the other types of Jinn act more like animals, they don't think, they just act out based on instinct and many don't even have a shape. Through all my research into my family's old "business", I couldn't find much information on them. All Jinn can shapeshift into animals and humans btw, however not all can, it requires a lot of skill to do so, and only older and powerful Jinn can do it, and even then it's not a perfect shapeshift. due to the nature of jinn being born of smoke (or the tip of the flame as some might suggest), the shape they take almost always has a flaw. most of them just possess animals since its less taxing than possessing a human (puts a lot of stress on them and the human, they feel like being suffocated) As far as i know, there are three reasons why a jinn would possess a human, it's either that the human harmed the jinn willingly or unwillingly (going to their home and vandalizing it for example), the Jinn was summoned and was told to do so or the Jinn is in love with the person (those are a whole other story lol). Also, a Jinn can't say no to something when they are summoned, the whole "deal" thing between a human and a Jinn isn't actually all that true, while there are some extremely rare cases to why a Jinn would willingly want to help a witch out, almost all Jinn summoning is forced upon the Jinn and is basically a threat to them "do this for me or I'll burn you lol" you might be asking "why doesn't the jinn fight back?" If a witch protects itself properly, then they can't be harmed. The irony here is that all witches are condemned to an eternity in hell, all use the holy book to invoke and protect themselves from the Jinn. There is a part that I really want to shed some light on, the reason why humans can't see Jinn is actually due to the king of Jinn asking god that he doesn't want his race to be seen by humans, there is no mention of a war between humans and Jinn actually. when I double-checked this fact, i was surprised to see that it was a very widespread rumor online, even in Arabic forums. I really enjoyed your video and found it to be super fun and interesting, I really hope you don't take my comment as a negative thing, I just really wanted to share some info seeing how interested you are in stuff like this. I can share more detailed information about them if you like, but It's a lot lol. stay safe and take care!

So let me get this straight: Angels- created on a Wednesday Jinn- a Thursday Humanity- a Friday Solomon Grundy- born on a Mundi

I’ve been waiting for this for soo longg!! omgg yessss!!!😳

I grew up on djin stories my father used to tell me about the encounters he had and some of my uncles too. What is so scary about a djin is how they can shapeshift into anything really but there is always a flaw in their disguise so subtle and once you notice it you are done for, the only thing you have then is faith and the holy quran. My grand father allah rest his soul once told me a story about finding a sheep and he decided to carry it home and as he was walking with it, it started getting heavier till he heard it speak from the back of his ear asking if it's getting too heavy.... also once my dad was by the river side and saw a humanoid creature with no genitalia who quickly jumped in the river and never resurfaced. We also have a story about a djin that turns into a dog in this big vineyard who'd hunt you down with mighty speed and force foe years no one could walk through it at night. P.s: i am from Morocco.

5:51 As arbian you got a lot of things right but here is a little correction jin is not used to describe angel but it might be used for demons as you said

the illustrations are incredible and the stories are intriguing! thank you for this channel

fun fact: the word for "Crazy" in Arabic is "Majnun" which comes from being possessed by a Jinni.

After seeing someone ‘possessed’ back in my home country, it’s best to leave Djinn alone. Well it could’ve just been a seizure but I wasn’t taking my chances and ran home!

I love the idea of Djinn creating storms like you mentioned. That people back in the day used to think that storms were actually the product of multiple Djinn battling each other. That idea is so cool.

seems Aladdin didnt know that he got a demon friend. Disney really has a dark side

The episode of the Witcher when the found the Jinn was great, it’s a retelling of the original short story by the Witcher author, they portrayed a Jinn pretty well.

I love listening to your videos before bed. Your voice calmes me down. So thank you for your hard work !!! 💙

Everybody says why is jinn, nobody says how is jinn? 😞😞

Always go chaos wish. "I wish for you to un-wish every wish you've ever granted." Instant win ever time.

I have to say you really nailed this video. I knew it was going to be good the moment you said "be careful what you wish for" in the first minute, well done

Oooo! Yes I am time!!! NOTIFICATION SQUAD.

I am glad I found your channel. its a great all in one source to find all types of mythological creatures,.

Still waiting for the divine comedy pt 2 and 3. Great vid btw. Good job!

I've been binge watching your videos for the past week now Subscribed faster than Medusa turning someone to stone I love your videos.

Amazing editing as usual. 😲👌🔥💯

"Genie" literally sounds like the arabic singular word for a jinn "جني". In actuality the word "jinn" is a plural for the word "جني".

Meanwhile I got eaten up by a goblin.

💙Thanks for this Informative Message💙

Arabic mythology, Finally! Thank you ❤️❤️

So apparently I could be possessed by a jinn, that's terrifying 😳😳😂😂😳

I’ve been secretly wanting this. 🤘🏼

Wow! Loving this bro. Thanks!

Well done. I found in my research on Solomon and Asmodeus (which I believe you covered at one point as well) that Asmodeus, who we would typically call a demon, is a djinn known as “sakhr” (meaning rock, as Solomon traps him in a rock.)

Where is Dante's Inferno Part 2??? EAGERLY waiting for part two!

Thank you for the upload, it's very interesting!

Thank you guys! 👍🏼

9:00 not only in English, everywhere in Europe its called Arabian Nights

The jinn of the ring is actually quite humble from what I recall. Anyway, the takeaway from the story is that jinn or genies generally are not able to just teleport things or make gold spring into existence, so when the genie of the lamp moves the castle and all therein it actually picks the whole place up.

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Well done , I’m impressed by this video . Spot on

OMG thank you so much for this! Just one thing about *ISLAMIC* *P.O.V.* Angels are not jins. May be you misinterpreted the sources due to translation error which isnt a big deal really. But just fun fact the three races are made from different elements with different properties:- 1. Angels (Malik) From Light - Magic (or miracles): Powerful - Free will: None (They are incapable of disobeying God) - Intelligence: Medium 2. Jinn: From Fire -Magic: Not as versatile as Angels - Free will: Present -Intelligence: Low (compared to the other 2 races) 3. Humans: From Dust -Magic: None -Free will: Present -Intelligence: High Also fun fact in Islam Satan is a jinn who refused to bow down to humans because of his pride. EDIT: Typo. Highlighted "Islamic P.O.V." cause apparently some people aren't getting the point. -_-'

That means that Fairy Odd parents got the tricky version of a genie (Norm the Genie).

So glad I found this channel

Omg! I thought legends of history and you were the same person! Your voices sound alot alike. My hat goes off to the both of you nonetheless. You take time to research and put these tales together for us and it's always soothing listening to your voice

Thanks for this one but we want to see dante inferno part 2

Can you do a video on daemons? And the Roman god of war Mars?

Great video mythology and fiction

Love the graphics!

I just googled that today. Wow, what a nice coincidence.

I loved the Djinn ‘s appearance in the Clash of the Titans 2010

This is a great video. Awesome story!

I love these particular types of lore.❤️

When you get into a fight and your mom asks "what jinn has possessed you"

You know I was asking myself when were you going to upload about the Jinn.

Thank You Sir!!! Great Video!!!! 👍😎

Awesome content!

From what I understand Jinn can really do alot more then mentioned in this video

Please do a video on gargoyles

Good 'take' on the mythology. Thanks for the history lesson, too.

Thankyou for this video

Not every Djinn is evil.

Celestial Jinn are benevolent towards humans, Jinn are also more potent on material reality than angels or demons since jinn are closer to our realm, theres also Genii of twelfth hour which are separate spirits

Great info and artwork

Great part 2 please, More

Little note: in the story of "Aladdin" there were no limits to the number of wishes that could be made just the limitations of what the Jinn/Genie could do. Aladdin used the Lamp Jinn multiple times to provide food for his mother and himself then sold the dishes and wares in the bizarre for a few years, then came the wish for the massive entourage, after that it was for a palace, and so on...

Can you please make a video about "Dahag" also known as "Zahhak" which is a Persan folklore (for those who played Prince of Persia Warrior Within you know him as Dahaka)

that cover image is pretty accurate. kudos to whoever drew it.

⭐️Commendable research my friend⭐️👍🏾💫

I straight up just started thinking back to Uncharted 3

When I was a Kid my mom pointed me to a Bong and said if I rub it a Genie would come out, And I denied because it didn’t look like the lamp but as I grew up My mom was clueless of what she pointed at she points at random things that look similar and say it is not because she wanted me to use one

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I love love your videos

I remember it being spelt Djinn. Though that may be my Ninjago showing.

True story The Jinn took my iPhone charger once Like (3years ago) And they didn’t even leave a note about it Or a (sorry ) or (thank you) nothing

Amazing!!! I’m still waiting on Dante’s Inferno Part 2

Nice video.

Finally

It is said that there's a veil raised between the human and the jinn worlds. Also, jinn were present on earth way before human beings walked on this earth.

This is perfect.

There is a most excellent story in a book called "Mainly In Moonlight" by Nicholas Stuart Grey titled "The Relictant Familiar" that includes: a daemon, 2 sorcerers, a Jinn, & an mideastrn princess that really shows the difference. If anyone's interested.

You would think Aladdin's wife would've learned her lesson the first time around.

Jinn are terrifyingly awesome I kinda wanna know what they actually look like but it might make my brain explode Also I wonder if you can do a video on Mephistopheles, the demon Doctor Faustus sold his soul to

I just hear of jinn this week thanks for this video

Congrats on your book!

So, the moral of the story is... never trust anyone

So this is why its been taking you a long while to upload. You have upped your game by releasing more and more animated videos. Personally I won't mind more frequent uploads at the cost of less animation.

Fascinating. How about making a matherial on Penanggalan? The Chinese-Filipino flying head vampire 😍 I love the concept

I'm currently reading Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar

We can't understand or comprehend something that isn't from our dimensions, if the jinns does not want us to see them we won't, they have the upper hand, some say that jinns are vibrations

One thing I never understood is how it works with three wishes. Many times, I could split a wish in three or wish myself something worth a hundred wishes. So, would I need to make three wishes, even if the first one grants me all I could ask for?

Thanks family

Fascinating

Still waiting on that Dante’s inferno 2