jinn

jinn englanniksi

1. A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to ''al-ins'' (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.

2. Such beings collectively.

3. (quote-book)|title=The Hero with a Thousand Faces|year_published=1993|location=London|publisher=Fontana Press|edition=2nd|page=8|passage=There not only jewels but also dangerous jinn abide: the inconvenient or resisted psychological powers that we have not thought or dared to integrate into our lives.

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