peri

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peri puhekieltä A sprite or supernatural being; from Persian mythology and the folklore of neighboring nations.
1829, The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye, The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Volume 27: January—June 1829, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XcVGAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA549&dq=%22peri%22%7C%22peris%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3EGZU9aJKMS-kAWO5YDIBA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22peri%22%7C%22peris%22&f=false page 549,

He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."

In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at (..)

The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.

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