Djinn/Jinn

Origin: Arabian Mythology 
Habitat: Inanimate Object (Lamp)
Behavior: Aggressive

Description: 

• A race of supernaturally empowered beings with shapeshifting abilities. They are often portrayed as having a demonic-like appearance, but they can also appear in beautiful, seductive forms. 

Facts: 

• Djinn have the ability to intervene in the affairs of people. Djinn are self-propagating and can be either good or evil. They can be conjured in magical rites to perform various tasks and services. A djinni (singular) appears as a wish-granting “genie” in folk tales such as in The Book of 1001 Nights collection of folk tales. 
• The djinn are masterful shape-shifters, and their favored forms are snakes and black dogs. They also can masquerade as anything: humans, animals, ghosts, cryptids, and other entities such as extraterrestrials, demons, shadow people, fairies, angels and more. 
• They exist in their own realm, possibly a parallel dimension, and they have the ability – and the desire – to enter our world and interact with us. The djinn have been among us in antiquity and they are among us now. 
• Djinn were created from the smokeless fire, or the essential fire (plasma in modern terms). They are invisible to most people except under certain conditions; however, animals, especially dogs and donkeys are able to see them.
• When encounter a djinn, Muhammad said to cover their utensils, close their doors and keep their children close to them at night, as the djinn spread out at night and take things. He also warned people to put out their lights, as the djinn drag away the wicks and start fires. However, they will not open a locked door, untie a tied knot, or uncover a vessel.
• If a djinni is harmed or killed, even inadvertently, djinn will take revenge, bringing misfortune, illness and even death to the offenders. Muhammad said that if people find a snake in their house, they should call out to it for three days before killing it. If the snake is a shape-shifted djinn, it will leave. If it remains after three days, it is an ordinary snake and can be killed. Trying to befriend a Djinn can work in theory. Some djinn become attached to human beings and function like companion spirits. 
• Djinn are capable of possessing human beings. Asking a djinni to leave, or bargaining with it, may not be enough to get it to go, and someone who is trained may be needed to perform an exorcism to get it out of the body.