jinn

Many jinn can shape shift into animals, the most common is a snake. If a snake is in your house, it’s best to ask it to leave first. If you kill the snake and it turns out to be a jinn, you may be abducted and taken to a jinn court. The Wonders of Creation, 18th Century.

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King Zawba’ah is the ruler of Friday, Venus, the color green, and the metal copper. He’s watched by the angel Anael and was one of the nine jinns who listened to the prophet Muhammad recite the Qur’an at Nakhlah. He often appears as a whirlwind or cyclone. The Book of Felicity, 1582. ⠀

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Queen of Sheba, Bilqis is the most famous of the half-jinn. King Solomon suspected she was a jinn when she visited him, and to test this he had her cross a walkway made of a fish tank. Thinking it was a pond she lifted up her skirt to reveal hairy legs, and some say hoofed feet. After having her remove her leg hair they remained together for seven years and seven months until she died.

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Barqan is the jinn king of Mercury, Wednesday, the color blue, and the metal brass. He ruled over five strongholds that each held 500,000 Madrid (one the most powerful types of jinn). Also known as The Black King, he teaches evil jinn magic to harm humans. Kitab Al Bulhan (The Book of Surprises), 14th century.

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The jinn of King Solomon. In the Christian theology, the spirits that Solomon controlled to do his bidding were demons, but in Islam they were jinn. These spirits are depicted in this miniature from Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing (Ajāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt) also known as Qazwīnī’s Book of Marvels, 18th century.

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