Djinn (mythology)

A genie from another realm. (COMIC: It's Behind You! ^[+]Loading...["It's Behind You! (comic story)"])

A djinn, also called jinnee or genie, (TV: Death to the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (TV story)"]) was a supernatural entity in Arabian mythology. The plural was rendered both as djinns (WC: Shadow People ^[+]Loading...["Shadow People (webcast)"]) and simply djinn. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress ^[+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"], AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights ^[+]Loading...["The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)"])

Nature

In the Islamic mythos, djinns were a race that stood with the angels until their leader, Azazel, or Eblis, refused to kneel to Adam and was cast out of heaven, with his race following. (PROSE: The Book of the War ^[+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"])

The tales Agamya Akhtar had heard as a child in Bangladesh painted djinns as being usually — though not always — malevolent, acting as bringers of disease and misfortune. (WC: Shadow People ^[+]Loading...["Shadow People (webcast)"])

History

Possible identifications

According to some sources, the Yssgaroth (PROSE: Head of State ^[+]Loading...["Head of State (novel)"], Interference - Book One ^[+]Loading...["Interference - Book One (novel)"]) and their descendants the Mal'akh inspired Arabian myths of the djinn, (PROSE: The Book of the War ^[+]Loading...["The Book of the War (novel)"]) including stories like The Thousand and Second Night. (PROSE: Head of State ^[+]Loading...["Head of State (novel)"])

A member of an alien species called Djinn visited 9th century Sudan. (AUDIO: The Destroyer of Delights ^[+]Loading...["The Destroyer of Delights (audio story)"])

Agamya Akhtar believed the Shadow People to be malevolent djinns. (WC: Shadow People ^[+]Loading...["Shadow People (webcast)"])

Known instances

Djinn were among the many fantastical creatures who could be found on Hyspero. (PROSE: The Scarlet Empress ^[+]Loading...["The Scarlet Empress (novel)"])

A genie in a magic lamp, bound to grant three wishes to whoever held the lamp, was a fictional character in at least one common panto. A real version of the genie existed, residing in "another realm". As a result, an old magic lamp prop was one of the props stored in the understage area of one theatre where the Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan and Dan Lewis came to see Cinderella. After the Doctor used a link from Spacebook in an effort to bring "the magic of pantomime" to the performance, the props and costumes were replaced with real versions, "snatched" from other places and realms and brought to the Doctor's universe. The Doctor called on the genie's power, using the first of her three wishes, to return all the fictional characters save for the genie himself to their own realities. (COMIC: It's Behind You! ^[+]Loading...["It's Behind You! (comic story)"])

Misidentifications

In Baghdad of that era, Adoon believed that the Second Doctor was a djinn. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People ^[+]Loading...["Invasion of the Cat-People (novel)"])

Aboo-Fenrán was believed by the people of 3rd century Constantinople to be a jinnee. (PROSE: The Curse of Fenric ^[+]Loading...["The Curse of Fenric (novelisation)"])

A group of Bedouins believed that an unnatural sandstorm was a djinn, but it was actually the creation of an alien camel. (COMIC: Sandblasted ^[+]Loading...["Sandblasted (comic story)"])

Other references

When the Third Doctor produced an oil lamp for light after the TARDIS had been drained of energy, Sarah Jane Smith joked that he was going to rub it and produce a genie. (TV: Death to the Daleks)