Jinn / Genie

Origin and tradition

Jinn are beings of Islamic belief and Arabic storytelling, described in the Quran as created from smokeless fire. They possess moral agency and are not all evil. Folktale portrayals of spirits granting wishes represent only part of a religious and literary tradition.

Illustration in this atlas

Humanlike figures accompany a flame-shaped presence in an arid landscape. Fire is a symbolic reference to the jinn's creation in Islamic tradition, not a claim that every jinn has this visible body or the same moral character.

References and further reading

1. britannica.com — jinni
2. en.wikipedia.org — Jinn
3. quran.com — 15

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.