Genie

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Djinn in Popular Culture

In recent years, there has been greater awareness about the origins of the genie myth, and the use of the original spelling djinn has become more common. Usually, the term djinn is used by authors who wish to convey a more serious interpretation of the mythical creature, rather than the comical genies the Western public has become used to.

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• Mr. Beaver in the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe conjectures that the White Witch Jadis was not human as was her claim but in fact half giantess and half Jinn, a descendant of Lilith. This view of Jadis's ancestry would seem, however, to be superceded by C.S. Lewis's later work, the Magician's Nephew, in which we discover that she is from another world entirely.
• The horror film Wishmaster features a hateful and evil djinni as its villain. The series has spawned four sequels.
• In the roleplaying game In Nomine by Steve Jackson Games, a band of demons in Hell's service are called Djinn.
• In the collectible card game ' there are nearly two dozen djinn-related cards and a dozen ifrit/efreet cards.
• Several references to djinn occur in the final short story, entitled "Ramadan," of Neil Gaiman's sixth The Sandman collection, '. Gaiman deals with djinn more directly in the novel American Gods, in which a djinn taxi cab driver has homosexual intercourse with a man who subsequently inherits his powers.
• In the role-playing video game series Golden Sun, the djinn are small creatures associated with the four elements (fire, wind, water, & earth). They can grant the user greater physical strength and mental abilities, or can be used to call on powerful spirits (summons).