MrRING
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I have questions, and lots of them, concerning Djinn, the mytical creatures from the Middle East.
1) I've heard that Islam considers djinn real. Is this the same kind of belief in Christianity has about demons and angels, where it is outside the mainstream to find belief in demons (although there is more belief in angels in gereral, it seems)? Or does the average adherant to Islam believe in djinn as an everyday experience? Or does it matter what sect?
(BTW, I'm not coming from a "look at the primitives" kind of direction, but from more of a "the supernatural world is real, and how much belief and lore of the other worlds around us exist in places where people still believe".)
2) Are the Arabian Nights considered remnants of a pre-existing sacred literature? Or purely entertainment? Are there passeges that contain real middle Eastern pre-Islamic belief, like the funeral section of the Oddesey? Or is it infuesed with Islam in the manner that Christianity is infused into Beowulf?
3) Has there ever been a fortean report of finding a genie in a bottle?
4) Are there any good sites that describe the different types and castes of djinn?
1) I've heard that Islam considers djinn real. Is this the same kind of belief in Christianity has about demons and angels, where it is outside the mainstream to find belief in demons (although there is more belief in angels in gereral, it seems)? Or does the average adherant to Islam believe in djinn as an everyday experience? Or does it matter what sect?
(BTW, I'm not coming from a "look at the primitives" kind of direction, but from more of a "the supernatural world is real, and how much belief and lore of the other worlds around us exist in places where people still believe".)
2) Are the Arabian Nights considered remnants of a pre-existing sacred literature? Or purely entertainment? Are there passeges that contain real middle Eastern pre-Islamic belief, like the funeral section of the Oddesey? Or is it infuesed with Islam in the manner that Christianity is infused into Beowulf?
3) Has there ever been a fortean report of finding a genie in a bottle?
4) Are there any good sites that describe the different types and castes of djinn?